Emily Balskus Stands with a Postdoctoral Scholar in Her Lab (IMAGE)

Harvard University

Emily Balskus Stands with a Postdoctoral Scholar in Her Lab

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Balskus has not only identified a species of bacteria responsible for consuming the Parkinson's drug levodopa, she figured out how to stop the microbe's meal.

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Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer; Harvard University

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