How niffy nappies could help develop new weapons in fight against bacteria
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Bacteria "plan ahead" by tightening their belts to help them survive looming lean periods, researchers at Cambridge have discovered. At a time when there is growing concern about rising antibiotic resistance, the results – published in the journal PLOS ONE – could lead to new ways of combatting dangerous bacteria.