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With more than 190 undergraduate degrees offered on campus, many BYU students can find their dream major; however, there are still several majors that BYU doesn’t offer.

A team of BYU professors developed a superbug testing method that works in less than one hour, saving lives and improving treatment methods. Richard Robison, Adam Wolley, Aaron Hawkins and William Pitt, specializing in molecular biology, chemistry, integrated optics and chemical processing, respectively, created a DNA-extracting method that can identify bacteria in under an hour. In comparison, current superbug testing methods take at least 24 hours which leads to irreversible damage or death for sufferers. This new research will help to save lives, improve well-being, and keep doctors from misusing valuable antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria. The next step is to take the technology to the market by making it easily distributable to hospitals.