New Pitt Research Uses Electrochemical Approach to Treat Infections of Metal-Based Implants Titanium has many properties that make it a great choice for use in implants. Its low density, hig... Read more
Boosting efforts to fight antibiotic resistance, Stanford researchers have found that a thin membrane, thought to be just a shrink wrap around some bacterial cell walls, has structural prope... Read more
A new study by Waldemar Gorski, professor and chair of the UTSA Department of Chemistry, and Stanton McHardy, associate professor of research in chemistry and director of the UTSA Center for... Read more
Purdue University researchers have identified  a new compound that in preliminary testing has shown itself to be as effective as antibiotics approved by the Food and Drug Administration to t... Read more
Computer simulations of microscopic, protein-coated beads that block bacteria from binding to host cells suggest that the microbeads could help reduce or eliminate bacterial infections in bu... Read more
Drugs already approved for other uses in people help frogs survive deadly E. coli by changing their cells’ electrical charge Changing the natural electrical signaling that exists in cells ou... Read more
A new method for testing bacteria in wounds, published in Wound Repair and Regeneration, could lead to lower health care costs, minimize drug resistance, and improve patient outcomes A new m... Read more