Some bacteria have grown so strong that they cannot be killed with antibiotic drugs. Medical experts call them antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The World Health Organization says antibiotic-resistant bacteria are one of the biggest threats to human health. But, researchers now say they may have found a way to fight them. A team of researchers from three universities is working on a cell-killing “machine” that is too small for the human eye to see. “We want to be bacteria’s worst nightmare.” That was James Tour, a member of the team. Tour is a chemistry professor at Rice University in Houston. He is also a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and computer science. In addition to Rice University, the researchers come from Durham University in Britain and North Carolina State University. The team is experimenting with very small nanomachines that can drill into a cell and kill it.
Title: Researchers May Have Found New Weapon Against Disease
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3520/bacteria.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Researchers May Have Found New Weapon Against Disease' data-article-id='4000'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8146'>Some bacteria have grown so strong that they cannot be killed with antibiotic drugs.</span> <span data-start-time='8146' data-end-time='14521'>Medical experts call them antibiotic-resistant bacteria.</span> <span data-start-time='14521' data-end-time='24854'>The World Health Organization says antibiotic-resistant bacteria are one of the biggest threats to human health.</span> <span data-start-time='24854' data-end-time='31188'>But, researchers now say they may have found a way to fight them.</span> <span data-start-time='31188' data-end-time='42729'>A team of researchers from three universities is working on a cell-killing “machine” that is too small for the human eye to see.</span> <span data-start-time='42729' data-end-time='46958'>“We want to be bacteria’s worst nightmare.”</span> <span data-start-time='46958' data-end-time='51688'>That was James Tour, a member of the team.</span> <span data-start-time='51688' data-end-time='58000'>Tour is a chemistry professor at Rice University in Houston.</span> <span data-start-time='58000' data-end-time='66729'>He is also a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and computer science.</span> <span data-start-time='66729' data-end-time='77396'>In addition to Rice University, the researchers come from Durham University in Britain and North Carolina State University.</span> <span data-start-time='77396' data-end-time='86417'>The team is experimenting with very small nanomachines that can drill into a cell and kill it.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3520/bacteria.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13342 data-hint-location='77396' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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