Study discovers new delivery system that could help prevent bacterial infections
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 10:20
in Health & Medicine
In a recent study in the Journal of The American Chemical Society, Professor Tewodros Asefa and Associate Professor Jeffrey Boyd synthesized nanostructured silica particles, considered to be promising drug carriers, that contained payloads of an antimicrobial agent. The researchers found that the particles were effective at killing two human bacterial pathogens.