LCN/UCL/Physics/IPLS research in the national media with antimicrobial bullets from breast milk

Scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have converted a breast milk protein into an artificial virus that kills bacteria by creating bullet holes in the membrane that surrounds and protects the bacteria. These “viral bullets” may represent a new weapon in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Read more here.

The chemical structure of the nanoscale building block (left) and its assembly into a virus-like capsule (right, topographic AFM image)