National Geographic Killing Sleeper Cells and Superbugs with Assassin Janitors For years, scientists and science writers have been sounding loud alarmsabout drug-resistant bacteria that can shrug off our most potent antibiotics. They are hard to kill, and so kill us with greater ease. These superbugs are undeniably worrying but they’re only part of the problem—it is entirely possible for bacteria to defy antibiotics without actually resisting them. […]