SILVER REALLY COULD BE THE NEW WEAPON AGAINST SUPERBUGS: ADDING IT TO ANTIBIOTICS BOOSTS THE EFFECTIVENESS BY 1,000 TIMES
- Silver could be used to help fight antibiotic resistance
- Can make bugs which are antibiotic resistant treatable
- Works by making bacteria more ‘leaky’, allowing antibiotics to get inside them and kill them
- Britain’s top doctor says the rise of drug-resistant superbugs could trigger an ‘apocalyptic scenario’
By FIONA MACRAE SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT
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