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Antibiotic tolerance

How Bacteria Eat Penicillin
Shawna Williams | Apr 30, 2018 | 3 min read
Scientists work out the specific genes and biochemical steps required for digesting the very drugs designed to kill microbes.
Evolving Antibiotic Tolerance
Jef Akst | Jun 25, 2014 | 3 min read
E. coli repeatedly exposed to ampicillin adapt to stay dormant for longer periods of time—just long enough to outlast the antibiotic treatment.
Thwarting Persistence
Abby Olena, PhD | Nov 13, 2013 | 3 min read
Researchers show that activating an endogenous protease can eliminate bacterial persisters.
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