Flashy drug spotlights infection
Doctors may be able to watch for invading microbes with a fluorescent antibiotic
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GLOWING INFECTION By fusing a fluorescent chemical to an antibiotic, researchers could visualize bacterial infections in a mouse. Bacteria labeled with the experimental drug appear red; genetically modified bacteria, used as controls, glow blue.
Ed Lim