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Using copper to fight disease-causing bacteria

AZPM Video 8 days ago

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The drug-resistant bacterial infection called MRSA is blamed for thousands of deaths in the United States each year. University of Arizona immunobiologist Michael Johnson discusses using copper as a way to kill MRSA by tricking it into ingesting the mineral. Michael Johnson spoke with Tim Swindle, professor emeritus of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona.