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Some Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are thought to survive standard antibiotic treatment by 'hiding' in host cells. But an antibody–antibiotic conjugate has been developed that targets these bacteria in mouse models. See Article p.323

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Figure 1: Targeted intracellular antibiotic release.

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  1. Wolf-Dietrich Hardt is at the Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.,

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Hardt, WD. Homed to the hideout. Nature 527, 309–310 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15647

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