Using experimental and computational methods, researchers reveal workings of bacterial defense system

Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 13:02 in Biology & Nature

Central to understanding why bacteria become antibiotic resistant is knowing how bacteria respond to the drugs trying to kill them. In a new study, Boston College researchers report that antibiotics disrupt the genetic defensive responses in lethal bacteria.

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