3-D image of bacterial machine that injects toxins into cells and spreads antibiotic resistance

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 06:31 in Biology & Nature

Experts predict that by 2050, antibiotic-resistant bacteria will cause as many deaths as cancer. Now, for the first time, Caltech scientists have created a 3-D image of a molecular structure that many different bacteria use to pump toxins into human cells and spread antibiotic-resistance genes to other bacteria. Understanding the architecture of this structure is a first step toward combating its effects.

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