Young Student Discovers How to Kill Superbugs

in antibiotic-resistant •  8 years ago 

Superhero Shu Lam, a 25-year-old PhD student in Australia, have discovered a non-antibiotic way to destroy superbugs, the megavillians of micro-organisms.  The scientific community and the United Nations view antibiotic-resistant superbugs as threats to global health. Currently, superbugs kill ~700K people a year and are estimated to kill 10 million by 2050. The emergence of a gonorrhea strain that cannot be contained by traditional antibiotics is scary.

I like the fact that she's of Asian descent and a female. Is that racist? The technique deploys the use of a "a star-shaped polymer that can kill six different superbug strains without antibiotics, simply by ripping apart their cell walls."

A star-shaped weapon that can destroy your enemies. Like this? 


Ok, the latter may be a tad racist. 

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If it's true, it sounds pretty damn amazing. Which means it will be immediately purchased (or stolen) and then suppressed.

that is pretty cool. i use electricity, and i haven't been sick in 5 years. the truth is out there. all we have to do is find it.

I think tests should be done to make sure it doen't kill the beneficials.