Thus, the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies used to fight acute infections are not effective in eradicating medical device biofilm-related infections or chronic biofilm diseases. Today ...

It's never a good thing, when a bacterial biofilm forms on the surface of a medical implant. There could soon be a new way of eradicating such films, however, using tiny remote-control liquid ...

The peptide-based technology effectively eliminates biofilms and can be applied to a wide range of medical devices to reduce healthcare-associated infections. Healthcare-associated infections ...

An international research team led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has achieved a breakthrough in the field of ...

From plaque sticking to teeth to scum on a pond, biofilms can be found nearly everywhere. These colonies of bacteria grow on ...

Garwood have exclusively licensed a technology developed by UB researcher Dr. Mark Ehrensberger that can disrupt bacterial biofilms. In partnership with UB they are developing a medical device that ...

One of the major advances in modern medicine has been the introduction of artificial devices into medical care, including dental and ... which by virtue of their physical/topographical surface, ...

Biofilms are ubiquitous and can form on many surfaces relevant to human health: on our teeth, in the form of plaque; on implanted medical devices, such as catheters and pacemakers; and as ...