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Flashy drug spotlights infection

Doctors may be able to watch for invading microbes with a fluorescent antibiotic

GLOWING INFECTION  By fusing a fluorescent chemical to an antibiotic, researchers could visualize bacterial infections in a mouse. Bacteria labeled with the experimental drug appear red; genetically modified bacteria, used as controls, glow blue.

Ed Lim

By Beth Mole

- More than 2 years ago

Glowing antibiotics may dim the chance of severe bacterial infections, according to a study published October 15 in Nature Communications.