Texas A&M Team Develops Polymers That Can Kill Bacteria
today.tamu.edu
Dr. Quentin Michaudel and his research team have created a new family of polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing antibiotic resistance — a major step in the fight against superbugs.
  • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    So we are concurrently developing plastic-eating bacteria as well as bacteria-killing polymers. I smell epic battle potential

  • synae[he/him]English
    11·
    1 year ago

    We need our gut biomes to live

    Microplastics are in everything

    Surely there’s no way this can go wrong!

    • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      How did you get from polymers to micropastic? You are absolutely full of polymers already.

      • synae[he/him]English
        1·
        1 year ago

        I first thought polymer = plastic but I guess that is not correct. So can I blame poor science education?

        Alternatively: get these polymers outta me, gross!