To fight drug resistance, block how bacteria share it?

"This is an out-of-the-box idea, but it's what we need. If we just find new antibiotics, the bacteria will just become resistant again."

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
Jan. 14, 2019 ~5 min

Antibacterial stuff is giving dust drug-resistance

You might think all dust is "dead," but that's not true, and antibacterial products could make the microbes in dust resistant to antibiotics.

Northwestern U. • futurity
Jan. 3, 2019 ~4 min


Fine-tuning cancer medicine | MIT News

New cancer research initiative eyes individualized treatment for patients.

MIT Center for Precision Cancer Medicine • mit
Feb. 1, 2018 ~8 min

James Collins appointed 2016 Allen Distinguished Investigator | MIT News

Award will support the engineering of safe, frequently consumed bacteria to detect and kill dangerous bacteria such as those causing drug-resistant infections.

Karen Shaner | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science • mit
April 13, 2016 ~2 min

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