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  • Bacterial hole puncher could be new broad-spectrum antibiotic

    Oct 27, 2015 3:15 pm by Liz AhlbergResearch
    image of the team of researchers developed a new broad-spectrum antibiotic that kills bacteria by punching holes in their membranes

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    • image of the team of researchers developed a new broad-spectrum antibiotic that kills bacteria by punching holes in their membranes

    A new class of spiral polypeptides developed at the University of Illinois targets one thing no bacterium can live without: an outer membrane.