FightingMRSA Infections

According to the CDC, over 80,000 invasive MRSA infections and 11,285 related deaths occur every year. A MRSA infection can be fatal, and is sometimes called the "Super Bug.” This big bad “superbug” has hurt a lot of families, and one of them decided to fight back. Dr. Brad Berges, an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Biology at BYU and Jacob Hatch, an Undergraduate studying Microbiology, banded together in their research to fight the bug that had taken the leg of their father. They talk with Dr. Townsend and explain their research.