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Scientists Figured Out How to Make a Better Antibiotic—With Electricity

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What if our immune system never got resistant to antibiotics?

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Every year in the U.S., 1.1 million people suffer from burns that need to be medically treated. Surgeries cause more than 100 million wounds. And countless others suffer from various cuts, lacerations, and traumas that land them in the hospital.

Every single one of these is an injury that needs to...

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