Microbe Battle (IMAGE)

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Microbe Battle

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Without a breakthrough, microbial resistance might be inevitable in humanity's struggle against infectious disease, a medicinal chemist reports. Above is a color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph showing Salmonella typhimurium (red) invading cultured human cells.

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Courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH

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