Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be killed by pom-pom molecules
27 June 2022
Pom-pom-shaped molecules rip apart MRSA and other drug-resistant bacteria in minutes, are cheap and easy to make, and don’t seem to lead to bacterial resistance
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