Bacterial resistance is futile against wound-cleaning laser
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
A laser-activated antimicrobial offers hope for new treatments of bacterial infections, even those that are resistant to current drugs. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Microbiology describes the use of a dye, indocyanine green, which produces bacteria-killing chemicals when lit by a specific kind of laser light.