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The Skeptics Guide #882 - Jun 4 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Is It Just a Molecule?

It's almost like using an optogenetic type of method, but it's not living. So they're focusing their research now on being able to alter its structure so that it does prefer bacteria over non-bacteria cells. But it's already pretty darn good, though. I could just kill all the bacteria on a wound. Maybe you could work for like strep too, like in your throat if you just shine a lot. That's brilliant because strep is super resistant to penicillin.

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