• Question: How do we beat bacteria?

    Asked by mun123 to Ajay, Kate, Kuntal, Pip, Reka on 17 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by amazing a bhatti.
    • Photo: Reka Nagy

      Reka Nagy answered on 17 Nov 2016:

      We don’t want to beat all bacteria, as some are actually quite good for us – these live in our guts and help digest our food and produce some nutrients that our bodies need to survive. They also fight off bad bacteria that are trying to invade our bodies.

      As for how we can beat the bad bacteria – there are a lot of antibacterial soaps and such that remove most of them from your hands and other surfaces, and antibiotics are designed specifically to wipe out bacteria either by making it easier for our bodies to deal with them or by physically damaging the bacteria so they die.

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