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Superbugs may meet their match in these nanoparticles

‘Quantum dots’ mess with bacteria’s defenses, allowing antibiotics to work

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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By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

Antibiotics may have a new teammate in the fight against drug-resistant infections.

Researchers have engineered nanoparticles to produce chemicals that render bacteria more vulnerable to antibiotics.