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A new technology to fight MRSA infection can avoid antibiotics, and may be better for us as well.

A new technology to MRSA infection can avoid antibiotics, and may be better for us as well. It is no secret that MRSA infection can mean life or death.  The truth is, bacteria are becoming resistant to even the newest antibiotics due to adaptation and our overuse of the miracle cure that began with Penicillin’s discovery in 1928. MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) kills an estimated 8200 people per year and it is estimate that even with all the precautions taken to avoid post surgical infection, 5-10% of all surgeries have infections from surgical procedures, amounting to approximately 275,000 patients per Read More »