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Using copper to fight disease-causing bacteria

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National Institutes of Health. University of Arizona show holder.
(Left) University of Arizona immunobiologist Michael Johnson (Right) MRSA bacteria.

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.

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