First broad spectrum anti-microbial paint to kill 'superbugs'
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 06:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists in South Dakota are reporting development of the first broad-spectrum antimicrobial paint, a material that can simultaneously kill not just disease-causing bacteria but mould, fungi, and viruses. Designed to both decorate and disinfect homes, businesses, and health-care settings, the paint is the most powerful to date, according to their new study. It appears in the current issue of the monthly ACS' Applied Materials and Interfaces. The paint shows special promise for fighting so-called 'superbugs,' antibiotic-resistant microbes that infect hospital surfaces and cause an estimated 88,000 deaths annually in the United States, the researchers say...