bacteria

March 1, 2000

Anti-bacterial armor

Buddy Ratner is leading a UW research team that may have discovered a way to prevent thousands of deaths from hospital-acquired infections each year.


September 1, 1999

For the heart

UW Professor Thomas Grayston is principal investigator of an $11 million grant to see if killing a form of bacteria reduces heart attacks.


June 1, 1996

Modern plagues

Once beaten by miracle drugs, infectious diseases are back and stronger than ever.