Bugs on patrol

• Autores: Ed Yong
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3024, 2015, págs. 40-43
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Matthew Chang has opened an academy for assassins. His trainees are deadly. By rewiring the genes of the common gut bacterium Escherichia coil, Chang has created a killer that cart detect, chase down, and destroy microbes that make people sick. His primary target is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that seizes any chance to infect people with weak immune systems. It can wreak havoc in hospital wards, in the lungs of those with cystic fibrosis, and In the guts of premature babies. Here, Yong discusses how smart bacteria wired up to police human gut will revolutionize the way people treat disease