Nature inspired this synthetic microweb that nabs bacteria and allows antibiotics to more effectively kill them. White blood cells shoot so-called NETs like Spiderman at bacteria. NETs contain hundreds of ingredients, the main one being DNA, but researchers engineered their microweb with just DNA and one other ingredient. Credit: Georgia Tech / Ella Maru Studio (work for hire)

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Research, Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Life Sciences and Biology, Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

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antibiotic resistance, bacteria, E. Coli, biomimetic materials, dna, nanofiber networks, neutrophil, extracellular traps

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• Created By: Ben Brumfield
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• Created On: Feb 11, 2019 - 12:03pm
• Last Updated: Feb 11, 2019 - 12:03pm