Researchers at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, used light to create polymers that could kill drug-resistant superbugs, according to an article on the Infection Control Today website.
The discovery may help identify antimicrobials for a range of applications.
Antimicrobials are essential not just in the treatment of internal disease and infections, but also in personal care products.
Growing antimicrobial resistance means there needs to be different solutions to tackle microbial infection.
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