We’re all beoming accustomed to hearing about nanotechnology, where teeny-tiny nanoparticles are used in more and more research for the advancement of engineering and science… but how about laboratory tests on a postage stamp-sized piece of paper? I have to tell you, as someone who has worked in a lab for 9 years, that astounds [...]
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Before I exited the clinical world of Microbiology 12 years ago, we were already seeing signs of bacteria with the ability to resist multiple antibiotics, and that was pretty scary. However, in present day, the existence of bacteria resistant to all antibiotics we know of in our arsenal (or ‘all but one’) are becoming ever [...]
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