EU RESEARCHERS PLAN CLEANSING OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WITH PLASMA
May 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNCHARTED depths of space are an unlikely inspiration for an innovative research project on sterilising medical equipment.But it is the stuff of space - called by 'plasma' by physicists - that scientists want to use to kill lurking bacteria, viruses and even prions on dirty scalpels, clamps and catheters.It's important to talk about the right 'plasma' here. What the European Union (EU)-funded BIODECON research project is NOT considering is the 'plasma' in our veins, the yellow component of blood. This ain't clean. Cleaning bloody scalpels in ...
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