Artificial Cells are Tiny Bacteria Fighters (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Artificial Cells are Tiny Bacteria Fighters

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Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have created that mimic some of the properties of living cells. The artificial cells do not grow and divide, but could detect, react to and destroy bacteria in a lab dish.

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Cheemeng Tan, UC Davis

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