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

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Insights into what holds antibiotic-resistant biofilms together by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Schematic of the interplay between Vc cells and VPS network during biofilm development.

Biofilms work so well, in fact, that they can increase antibiotic resistance hundreds to thousands of times above what’s normal, Zaman said. “Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on earth; they are extremely resistant to antibiotics and stick tenaciously to most ...