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March 29, 2015
Researchers create tiny bio-robot on bacterial sporeMeet NERD: the Nano-Electro-Robotic Device
March 24, 2015
Tiny bio-robot is a germ suited-up with graphene quantum dotsUsing nanotechnology, researchers create humidity sensor on spore
February 24, 2015
To fight disease, disrupt the way bacteria cells communicateResearcher of the Year Michael Federle: ‘interfere with bacteria’s ability to make people sick’
July 18, 2013
UIC scientist fights war against bacteriaResearcher one of 10 U.S. scientists to receive Burroughs Wellcome Fund grant
April 16, 2013
Key to TB cure could lie underwaterThe search for a cure for deadly infectious diseases leads Brian Murphy deep underwater.
April 4, 2013
Grant will help train natural product scientistsFive-year, $2M funding from NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
March 7, 2013
Key to TB cure could lie underwaterCollege of Pharmacy researchers collect bacteria around the world in a hunt for new antibiotics.
October 24, 2012
Antibiotics That Only Partly Block Protein Machinery Allow Germs To Poison ThemselvesPowerful antibiotics that scientists and physicians thought stop the growth of harmful bacteria by completely blocking their ability to make proteins actually allow the germs to continue producing certain proteins — which may help do them in.