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Reactive Reports March 2005 David Bradley	Microbial Manufacturing A bacterium is a microscopic chemical factory producing antibiotics, immunosuppressants, and anticancer drugs no chemist can synthesize. but pharmaceutical companies have been tapping into microbial drug manufacturing for some time.
Chemistry World October 8, 2013 David Bradley	3D printing bacteria Jason Shear and colleagues at the University of Texas, US, have developed a 3D printing technique that lets them 'construct' defined bacterial communities so that short-range chemical communications and physical interactions between bacteria can be investigated more systematically than ever before.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams	A Study on Antibiotic Resistance Shows That Bacteria Aren't Just Out To Help Themselves Microbes that are resistant to the drug protect their weaker kin in the colony, HHMI researchers have found. The discovery upends traditional notions of antibiotic resistance and offers a target for new drugs against bacterial infections.
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National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson	New Approach to Biological Threat Detection Promises Savings for Defense, Homeland Security The nonprofit lab Battelle recently introduced an all-inclusive chemical-biological-explosive detector the size of a microwave oven that can detect airborne pathogens in minutes with recurring costs of about $1 per day.