# Before Antibiotics, Silver Stopped Superbugs. Then Bacteria Evolved. Now Graphene’s Turn.

- slug: before-antibiotics-silver-stopped-superbugs-then-bacteria-evolved-now-graphenes-turn
- date: 2026-04-26
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

Ten million graphene toothbrushes have been sold. A new paper finally explains why the material kills bacteria but spares human cells — and the mechanism opens a question nobody can answer yet: will graphene suffer the same fate as silver?

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