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Tech_Frontiers_Laser_080728.appHeader = "<FONT SIZE=4><b>Fighting the rise of drug-resistant bacteria <br><b></FONT><br>";
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Tech_Frontiers_Laser_080728[i-1].body = "<FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Introduction</b></FONT><br>Researchers are aiming lasers and a common enzyme found in tears at disease-causing bacteria, strategies that may help stem the growing tide of multidrug-resistant microbes and prevent the spread of infections, respectively. Above, a dyed and highly magnified view of dyed methicillin-resistant <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I> bacteria, commonly abbreviated MRSA and considered a major health hazard because of its role in many hard-to-treat outbreaks.<P ALIGN=RIGHT><i>&#8212; Bryn Nelson</i>";

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Tech_Frontiers_Laser_080728[i-1].body = "<FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Risk of bacterial infections</b></FONT><p>Despite the best precautions, hospital patients can acquire bacterial infections. With the growing risk of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains that can produce life-threatening infections, innovations such as a laser and dye-based microbicide and a new coating for commonly touched surfaces may provide new weapons in the ongoing public health battle.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Laser_080728[i-1].body = "<FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>A natural microbicide</b></FONT><p>Scientists at Auburn University have developed a new coating in which lysozyme, a component of human tears and a natural microbicide, has been locked into place with tiny carbon nanotubes. The coating could eventually find its way onto commonly touched surfaces, such as lockers in gyms or work settings like this one.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Laser_080728[i-1].body = "<FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Bacteria-resistant coatings</b></FONT><p>This gray cylinder decorated with red ribbons is actually a greatly magnified representation of a tiny carbon nanotube with multiple copies of the natural bacteria-killing enzyme lysozyme attached to it. By using nanotubes to hold the lysozyme in place, scientists may be able to lead the way toward bacteria-resistant coatings for a range of products.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Laser_080728[i-1].body = "<FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Preventing the spread of infections</b></FONT><p>This highly magnified picture shows what the lysozyme-nanotube coating actually looks like. Among the surfaces it could coat: gym lockers, sporting goods and commonly touched surfaces in airports and subways &#8212; all directed toward preventing the spread of bacterial infections that may be hard to treat after the fact and thus preventing the overuse of drugs that could lose their effectiveness through bacterial resistance.";

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