Implant Bacteria, Beware: Researchers Create Nano-sized Assassins
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 09:21
in Biology & Nature
Infected implants now have a foe. Researchers have created a nanoparticle that can penetrate a bacterial-produced film on prosthetics and kill the bacteria. The finding is the first time that iron-oxide nanoparticles have been shown to eliminate a bacterial infection on an implanted prosthetic device.
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