Blue Light Destroys Antibiotic-resistant Staph Infection
Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 03:35
in Biology & Nature
Two common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, were virtually eradicated in the laboratory by exposing them to a wavelength of blue light, in a process called photo-irradiation.
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