Wendy Mok and Mark Brynildsen, Princeton University (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

Wendy Mok and Mark Brynildsen, Princeton University

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Wendy Mok, a post-doctoral researcher, and Mark Brynildsen, an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, determined that bacteria that repaired DNA damaged by antibiotics before resuming growth had a much better chance of surviving treatment.

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Frank Wojciechowski

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