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New study discovers why 'persister' cells never say die

Northeastern University today announced that biologist Kim Lewis has discovered the gene that prevents antibiotics from successfully destroying infections within biofilm. For years, scientists have struggled to understand why a certain type of infection known as biofilms are often resistant to antibiotics. Biofilms contain cells that are identical to the infecting cells, but are not corrupted...
(Date:5/23/2013)... Pacific Northwest National Laboratory honored more than 165 ... intellectual property at PNNL,s annual Intellectual Property Commercialization ... Department of Energy national laboratory named materials scientist ... work developing battery materials that can store large ... grid, and reduce the time it takes to ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... year, carrying more than 284 million tons of cargo, transit ... in toll fees for the Panama Canal Authority. Each time ... water are used from Gatun Lake, which is also a ... the isthmus. , However, the advent of very large ... ships at sea, has demanded change. The Panama Canal is ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... of Public Health at Emory University, along with ... received a $4 million grant over four years ... (Health and Exposome Research Center: Understanding Lifetime Exposures). ... awarded in the United States. , The ... of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National ...
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