Fast test reveals drug-resistant bacteria

Time-lapse photography reduces 16-hour test to 4 hours

plastic chip with dozens of little wells

CHIPPING IN  Using a plastic chip with dozens of little wells and time-lapse photography, researchers could see more quickly than with traditional tests whether individual bacterial cells are vulnerable to antibiotics. 

Jungil Choi/Seoul National University

A new test quickly reveals whether bacteria are vulnerable to antibiotics, researchers report in the Dec.