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We have developed this using two things you can find in everyday life: fibre optics and UV light. Fibre optics are used to supply your internet in most areas now. Those same fibres lend themselves to be flexible thin instruments that can explore the body in less invasive ways than open surgical procedures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UV light is bactericidal (kills bacteria), but it can also be cancer-causing, which is why we cover up or apply sunscreen at the beach. However, we&#8217;re planning to use a particular wavelength of UV that means we&#8217;ve lost the cancer-causing side of it, meaning what we have is powerful bacteria-killing light rays! We have combined the two to develop this world-changing piece of technology. The fibres, giving us the flexibility to reach places in the human body that are hard and dangerous to reach, such as the lung, and the UV gives us the ability to kill bacteria wherever we find them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together we can see this technology used for things that, soon, antibiotics may not be able to be used for due to the increase in super-bacteria&#8217;s resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n<div role=\"form\" class=\"wpcf7\" id=\"wpcf7-f1768-o1\" lang=\"en-GB\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/the-human-body\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit1\/2290#wpcf7-f1768-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"1768\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"5.6.4\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f1768-o1\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you think of this content?<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"rating\"><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-radio\"><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item first\"><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"rating\" value=\"Great\" checked=\"checked\" \/><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item-label\">Great<\/span><\/label><\/span><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item\"><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"rating\" value=\"Very good\" \/><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item-label\">Very good<\/span><\/label><\/span><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item\"><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"rating\" value=\"OK\" \/><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item-label\">OK<\/span><\/label><\/span><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item\"><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"rating\" value=\"Not very good\" \/><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item-label\">Not very good<\/span><\/label><\/span><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item last\"><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"rating\" value=\"Poor\" \/><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item-label\">Poor<\/span><\/label><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tell us more<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"details\"><textarea name=\"details\" cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\"><\/textarea><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap currentUrl\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currentUrl\" value=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org:443\/the-human-body\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit1\/2290\" size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7dtx-dynamictext wpcf7-dynamichidden\" aria-invalid=\"false\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control has-spinner wpcf7-submit\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n\n\n                <div class=\"related-content\">\n                        <div class=\"container\">\n                <h2><\/h2>\n                <div class=\"content-carousel swiper-container\">\n                    <ul class=\"content-carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n                                                                                    <li class=\"content-carousel__item swiper-slide\">\n                                    \n<a href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/the-human-body\/exhibitions\/how-bacteria-rule-over-your-body-the-microbiome\/\" class=\"grid-list__item\">\n    <img width=\"610\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/the-human-body\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/shutterstock_1483465421-610x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>    <div class=\"grid-list__content\">\n                <h3>How bacteria rule over your body &#8211; 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