26 September 2014
8.05pm - 8.20pm
York Medical Society (map)
FREE admission
No booking required
Wheelchair accessible
In an ever-changing environment, microbes are developing resistance to some of the common drugs we use to fight infections. Scientists are using the ionized gas called ‘plasma’ to kill microbes in the lab. We will look at the potential use of plasmas to eliminate pathogens that cause or live in skin wounds, and consider what makes plasma suitable for human treatment, its safety and its long-term effect on microbes.