Punchy proteins could help advance drug delivery, MEMS devices

A bacterial protein that coils and unfurls rapidly could have applications in drug delivery.

, --February 17, 2016

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The fight to survive, even among single-celled organisms, can be nasty. Some use protein ribbons that are designed to puncture through membranes and release a deadly payload. Now scientists are harnessing them for good.

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