Superbugs face a new threat as scientists from the University of South Australia (UniSA) develop a light-activated treatment that destroys some of the most infamous and potentially deadly bacteria globally.
The antimicrobial light therapy was tested on defiant infections caused by antibiotic-resistant (AMR) strains of staphylococcus aureus (Golden Staph) and pseudomonas aeruginosa, two of the six most lethal superbugs in 2019. The treatment was discovered to eliminate staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa by 500,000-fold and 100,000-fold, respectively.
