image: Graphic illustrates the mechanism the bacteria Helicobacter pylori use to swim in the mucous lining of the stomach in order to reach the epithelial cells. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 11, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by D. Walker at Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, and colleagues was titled, 'Enzymatically active biomimetic micropropellers for the penetration of mucin gels.' view more
Credit: [Credit: Image by Alejandro Posada]