Tag: bacteria

  • Copper Destroys Viruses

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    Even in the world of medicine, what is old is new again. Thousands of years ago, Egyptians used it to sterilize drinking water. Ancient Romans, Aztecs and Greeks also used it for medical treatments. Bill Keevil is a microbiologist at Southampton University in Britain. He is investigating the properties of copper that kill germs, or  as researchers call…