Researchers have invented a nano-thin superbug-slaying material that could one day be integrated into wound dressings and implants to prevent or heal bacterial infections.

Dr Aaron Elbourne is the Co-lead researcher of the RMIT research and told Julie-anne Sprague on 6PR’s Afternoons the material has been effective in healing wounds and fighting infections that can’t be treated with standard antibiotics.

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Photo: Seamus Daniel / RMIT University