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  • Deadly handshake: How staph bacteria cling to human cells

    Apr 30, 2018 2:30 am by National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsResearch
    Simulation of a staphylococcus bacterium (left) connecting itself to a human host via an adherin protein. Credit: Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group

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    • Simulation of a staphylococcus bacterium (left) connecting itself to a human host via an adherin protein. Credit: Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group

    Researchers are using the Blue Waters supercomputer to simulate and decipher the adhesion mechanism of staph bacteria, which could lead to new treatments