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New treatment pairs blue light with food-safe plant oil to safely wipe out surface bacteria
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New treatment pairs blue light with food-safe plant oil to safely wipe out surface bacteria

by Adrienne Williamson , Medical Xpress Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new treatment for eliminating surface bacteria using blue light and carvacrol, a phenol derived from edible oils, creates a photoxic, bacteria-specific reaction that does not contribute to antibiotic resistance. The technique, developed by researchers from Harvard Medical School and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,...