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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5402, USA. cdarby@stanford.edu
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Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. hultgren@borcim.wustl.edu
Biofilms offer cover for many pathogenic bacteria. A recent paper in Nature reveals that lactoferrin is an innate tool that inhibits biofilm formation.