Optofluidics reveals new strategy for bacteria antibiotic resistance
Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 14:20
in Health & Medicine
Scientists used microfluidics to observe the behavior of individual tuberculosis-like bacteria in the presence of antibiotics. Their observations call into question the prevailing theory of bacterial resistance, and they have proposed a new explanation for why some bacteria become resistant. The research is published January 4, 2013 in the journal Science.