Researchers Hope To Use Copper To Create New Antibiotics For Strain Of Pneumonia

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BIO5 member Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Immunobiology at the UA College of Medicine - Tucson, discusses his ongoing research regarding copper’s toxicity towards bacteria and how the metal may help in the development of a new antibiotic to fight a potentially devastating, antibiotic resistant strain of pneumonia.