Blue light kills MRSA 'superbugs' - The Register

Blue light kills MRSA 'superbugs' - The Register:

"American medi-boffins say they have developed a way to kill so-called 'superbugs' - deadly infections which can't be cured using antibiotics - by simply shining a certain wavelength of blue light on them. They believe the technique could be used safely on patients infected with MRSA [Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus].

'It is inspiring that an inexpensive naturally visible wavelength of light can eradicate two common strains of MRSA. Developing strategies that are capable of destroying MRSA, using mechanisms that would not lead to further antibiotic resistance, is timely and important for us and our patients,' says Chukuka S Enwemeka PhD of the New York Institute of Technology."