Bleach vs. Bacteria: Development of new drugs to breach microbial defenses
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
Chlorine bleach has been used as a disinfectant for hundreds of years, but our bodies have been using its active component to help kill invading bacteria for millennia. Details about how bleach kills —- and how bacteria can survive the attack —- may lead to the development of new drugs.