http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_9-1-2014-14-40-35
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Scientists have made an important advance in understanding how a subset of bacterial cells escape being killed by many antibiotics. Cells become “persisters” by entering a state in which they stop replicating and are able to tolerate