New microscopy technique offers close-up, real-time view of cellular phenomena

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 16:28 in Biology & Nature

For two decades, scientists have been pursuing a potential new way to treat bacterial infections, using naturally occurring proteins known as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Now, scientists have recorded the first microscopic images showing the deadly effects of AMPs, most of which kill by poking holes in bacterial cell membranes.

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