Recruiting E. coli to combat hard-to-treat bacterial infections
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
The notorious bacteria E. coli is best known for making people sick, but scientists have reprogrammed the microbe -- which also comes in harmless varieties -- to make it seek out and fight other disease-causing pathogens. This new type of E. coli can even kill off slimy groups of bacteria called biofilms that are responsible for many hard-to-treat infections.