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Published online 26 July 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010726-10
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Bacterial back-stabbing
Antibiotic prototype punctures bugs.
Sticky, doughnut-shaped molecules that stack into cell-stabbing tubes can seek out and destroy bacteria, new research shows1. If turned into drugs, these self-assembling 'nanotubes' could form a new class of antibiotics, replacing those rendered useless by drug-resistant strains.
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