Potent artificial protein-like molecules that have no natural counterparts may soon enlarge the arsenal of antibiotics for fighting increasingly drug-resistant bacteria. Philip Ball reports.
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Ball, P. Synthetic salvo scuppers superbugs. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000113-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000113-3