Polymers that can be fine-tuned for optimal effect could help fight multidrug-resistant infections
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 08:01
in Health & Medicine
The rise of drug-resistant microbes is a major challenge facing medicine. The World Health Organization's 2014 report on global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance warns of the very real possibility of the twenty-first century becoming "a post-antibiotic era—in which common infections and minor injuries can kill". In the face of this threat, researchers worldwide are exploring approaches to find new compounds that combine selective antimicrobial efficacy with low toxicity toward mammalian cells.