Gone are the days when we only believed that bacteria , virus and some small intriguing piece of parasites are considered "to be sent as a test" by a "kind and loving" creator bragging about its intelligent design. Because humanity, with its capacity to feel the human suffering of disease and think of unimaginable possibility of doing something to eliminate suffering despite its limited power, can create a way and solution to make the pain less enduring by using nanotechnology to kick the butt of anti-resistant superbug.
"Superbugs" aren't tiny S-logoed avengers out to save microbial innocents from bacterial Lex Luthors: they're disease-causing bacteria which have become resistant to our antibiotic countermeasures. This is an unavoidable effect of treating them - as drugs are used to kill the unwanted invaders they force a selection process which favors those resistant to the treatment, evolving strains which laugh in the face of medicine.Source:
Researchers at University College London have developed a tool which could help us stay ahead in the antibiotic arms race. A nanoscale springboard system has been designed to rapidly screen potential hunter-killer chemicals. The device consists of a sheet of silicon covered in tiny nanotech levers which reflect laser light. The other side of the lever is covered with mucopeptides taken from the surface of the target bacteria.
Nanoscale Cantilever
Nano Superbug-Killers-Identifies bacteria That have become resistant To Antibiotics
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