Superbugs may meet their match in these nanoparticles
‘Quantum dots’ mess with bacteria’s defenses, allowing antibiotics to work
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS By producing a chemical that makes bacteria more vulnerable to antibiotic attack, quantum dots could help reboot medications that have lost their edge against hard-to-kill microbes.
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