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  • To overcome antibiotic resistance, new research says to let it flow

    Mar 18, 2025 8:00 am by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    Illinois researchers combined microbiology with microfluidic device technology to find that when antibiotics are delivered by flowing fluids, as would be the case in the body, they are more effective against resistant bacteria. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid flow found in the body than standard cultures. 

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