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Podcast: Smart Talk
Episode: Assoc. Prof Siouxsie Wiles on how glowing superbugs can help develop new medicines to fight infection
Description: The University of Auckland's Assoc. Prof. Siouxsie Wiles explains how glowing superbugs help in the development of new medicines to fight infection. From Raising the Bar 2020. Listen to Assoc. Prof Siouxsie Wiles on how glowing superbugs can help develop new medicines to fight infection, in the 2020 at-home version of Raising the Bar.Bioluminescence (which literally means 'living light') allows glow worms to lure food, fireflies to find a mate, and nocturnal squid to camouflage themselves from predators. The light is a by-product of a simple chemical reaction, and only living creatures can glow. But can...