First Author Micah Dettweiler (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

First Author Micah Dettweiler

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"Our research might one day benefit modern wound care, if we can identify which compounds are responsible for the antimicrobial activity," says Emory researcher Micah Dettweiler, shown with a stalk of the shrub known as the devil's walking stick (Aralia spinosa).

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