• Question: If you were to have made a breakthrough in engineering that could change the world what would it be???

    Asked by Ratatouille.jx to Sophie on 13 Mar 2017.
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      Sophie Cox answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      Hi Ratatouille.jx,

      Interesting question…..

      Well I think the project we are working on at the moment that has the most potential to influence the world is antimicrobial resistance. This is where bacteria stop getting killed by things, such as antibiotics. If that happens then infections could start to kills more people, in fact one report predicts it will kill more people than cancer by 2050.

      So our team are coming up with new products that bacteria can’t / haven’t so far developed resistance against.

      Pretty cool hey?

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