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Synthetic 'virus' to kill bacteria

1 February 2018

Professor Bart Hoogenboom (UCL London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL Physics & Astronomy and UCL Institute of Structural & Molecular Biology), PhD student Alex Yon (UCL London Centre for Nanotechnology and UCL Institute of Structural & Molecular Biology) and EngD student Hasan Alkassem (UCL London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL Biochemical Engineering, and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioprocess Engineering Leadership) have helped develop a synthetic 'virus' that kills bacteria on first contact. Read: Express, More: UCL News, Huffington Post