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    Chemistry professor’s research could help you avoid getting sick all the time

    It’s 7 am, and you just woke up an hour before class, only to find out you have a sore throat. “Is it possible to stop getting sick so often?” you wonder. The answer is yes. Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Brian Cavitt discovered through research that it’s possible to stop infections before they even begin by disrupting biological formation in medical devices such as catheters. Cavitt was inspired to work on this project after the 2004 tsunami that struck the Indian coast and through his work in Indonesian hospitals. He noticed an increase in infection rates and discovered that bacteria procreate primarily through biofilms, which are colonies of microfilms…