NIST’s Quick Test May Speed Antibiotic Treatment and Combat Drug Resistance | NIST

NIST’s Quick Test May Speed Antibiotic Treatment and Combat Drug Resistance | NIST

Quick Test May Speed Antibiotic Treatment and Combat Drug Resistance

BOULDER, Colo.—Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a potential new tactic for rapidly determining whether an antibiotic combats a given infection, thus hastening effective medical treatment and limiting the development of drug-resistant bacteria. Their method can quickly sense mechanical fluctuations of bacterial cells and any changes induced by an antibiotic.

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