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Singlet Oxygen Oxidizes Electron-Rich Base Pairs to Cleave Bacterial DNA

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Engineers have developed a new approach for turning ordinary water into a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study publishing September 30 in the Cell Press journal Chem Catalysis.
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can leave genetic material in the water after disinfection, which could be absorbed by other microorganisms. A new procedure with titanium dioxide crystals completely decomposes DNA-like molecules in the laboratory. For this purpose, produced crystal defects convert ordinary oxygen under light effect into particularly reactive singularett oxygen. Yinchuan (China). Even if a water treatment kills bacteria, released g…

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News-Medical.net broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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