New UT testing named for Beyoncé aims to combat antibiotic resistance

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin are working to screen hundreds of thousands of potential drugs used to fight infections. They believe this technique could help find new pathways to health in a world where more and more bacteria are resistant to antibiotics.
The researchers have named this new technology SLAY (Surface Localized Antimicrobial Display) in a nod to a lyric in Beyoncé’s song Formation.
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