A skin patch using imperceptible electric currents can stop bacterial infections without drugs.
Staphylococcus epidermidis is a skin dwelling bacterium responsible for common clinical infections.
In this study, the researchers discovered that S. epidermidis becomes electrically excitable when exposed to the acidic pH of healthy skin.
This excitability enables antibiotics-free, bioelectronic suppression of the opportunistic pathogen using mild stimulation conditions.
