Antibiotics wrapped in nanofibers turn resistant disease-producing bacteria into ghosts
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
Encapsulating antibiotics inside nanofibers, like a mummy inside a sarcophagus, gives them the amazing ability to destroy drug-resistant bacteria so completely that scientists described the remains as mere "ghosts," according to a report today at the the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).