IBM researchers created a new type of nanoparticles that are capable of destroying the membrane walls of certain drug-resistant bacteria strains, leaving the cells to harmlessly degrade without any trace. The new system works by using biodegradable plastic to engineer electrically charged nanoparticles that in turn attract to the bacteria’s opposite charge, in turn destroying the membrane walls hence the cell entirely.

i remember when i was in undergrad, i went to student health when i was feeling sick…after a few tests, i was diagnosed with mono, a VIRAL infection…yet they still sent me home with some penicillin, which is useless against viruses…its a little harder for bacteria to evolve resistance to antibiotics if we limit their use somewhat