Antibiotics Wrapped in Nanofibers Turn Resistant Disease-Producing Bacteria Into Ghosts
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Wrapping antibiotics in nanofibers so tiny they can't be seen under a microscope, and injecting them into the body, turns bacteria and fungi that cause food poisoning and hospital-acquired infections into ghosts of themselves, potentially overcoming the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.