Nanoparticles carrying an antibiotic and bearing a peptide that targets the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus effectively suppress staphylococcal infections in mice.
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Li, LL., Wang, H. Infection-targeted bactericidal nanoparticles. Nat Biomed Eng 2, 56–57 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-018-0199-9
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