Nano-Engineered Quantum Dots Fight Back against Superbugs (VIDEO)

University of Colorado at Boulder

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Researchers at CU Boulder's BioFrontiers Institute have created light-activated nanoparticles, also known as quantum dots, which provide a crucial boost in effectiveness for antibiotic treatments used to combat drug-resistant superbugs such as E. coli and Salmonella.

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Mason Marino / University of Colorado Boulder

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