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Blue Light Destroys Antibiotic-resistant Staph Infection

Published on Sunday, 1 February 2009 02:00 from ScienceDaily

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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