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Scientists are looking at new(A)/ and innovative, even out-of-the-box methods(B)/ beating germs at their game of resistance.(C)/ Mike McRae writes in Science Alert that filling a germ's pockets with gold could be a handy way to end the infection. According to the Hindawi Journal of Nanomaterials, gold nanoparticles have photothermal effects, and modified gold nanoparticles can be a good medium for photothermal treatments to kill bacteria. By weaving the gold into two molecules with contrasting levels of electrostatic stickiness, the team built a particle that has the potential to breach into the defences of many common bacterial pathogens – but with such finesse that the surrounding tissues of the human body should not be damaged, points out Science Alert. At first glance, gold might not seem like an obvious treatment for killing germs. Reduced to a speck of fine, nanoscale dust, this heavyweight element can wreak some serious damage. Gold nanoparticles are also excellent drug carriers that can improve the antibacterial effects of loaded antibacterial drugs. After being modified and combined with other antibacterial drugs, gold nanoparticles can also play a better antibacterial role for effective antibacterial strategies against some resistant bacteria.