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Bacterial infection

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This scanning electron microscope (SEM) image shows how red blood cells coagulate to form a blood clot, which is a common and life-threatening risk associated with the use of implanted medical devices.

SLIPS inspires second generation

Coating repels blood and bacteria, offering lifesaving measures

Science|

DateOctober 13, 2014June 18, 2018

“Imagine if you could interrogate the bacteria,” said Harvard Medical School Professor Roy Kishony, principal investigator on the study. “You would ask, ‘What do you find most challenging in the human body?’” Kishony was one of the researchers who retraced the evolution of an unusual bacterial infection as it spread among cystic fibrosis patients by sequencing scores of samples collected during the outbreak, since contained.

Following the clues

Bacterial genes tell the tale of an outbreak’s evolution

Health|

DateNovember 15, 2011March 15, 2019