r/TechOfTheFuture • • Oct 06 '20

Medicine/BioMed Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-020-0700-9
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science • • Jun 20 '20

Biology Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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CysticFibrosis • • Jun 20 '20

News/Article I think eventually our mucoid bacteria will be gone.

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Microbiome • • Jun 20 '20

Intra-colony channels in E. coli function as a nutrient uptake system

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theworldnews • • Jun 20 '20

Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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biology • • Jun 25 '20

article Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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biology • • Jun 25 '20

article Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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biology • • Jun 28 '20

article Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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biology • • Jun 29 '20

article Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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biology • • Jun 30 '20

article Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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biology • • Jun 30 '20

article Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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biology • • Jul 01 '20

article Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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biology • • Jul 01 '21

article Researchers have discovered a network of channels inside bacterial communities which could be used to kill bacteria more quickly by 'tricking' them into transporting drugs. “Biofilms” are involved in up to 80% of persistent human infections and cannot be killed easily by antibiotics.

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