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Researchers have invented a nano-thin superbug-slaying material that could one day be integrated into wound dressings and implants to prevent or heal bacterial infections.
Researchers have found that using nanoflakes of black phosphorus on wounds infected with drug-resistant superbugs not only kills the bugs, but accelerates wound healing. They say the innovative antimicrobial can be incorporated into common materials.
Researchers have invented a nano-thin superbug-slaying material that could one day be integrated into wound dressings and implants to prevent or heal bacterial infections.
Researchers have developed a nano-thin material with black phosphorus that could be integrated into wound dressings and implants to prevent or heal bacterial infections.
New Superbug-Destroying Coating Could Prevent and Treat Deadly Infections Written by AZoNanoApr 15 2021 A new superbug-destroying coating developed by scientists could be utilized on implants and wound dressings to inhibit and treat potentially lethal fungal and bacterial infections. Candida auris fungus before exposure to ultrathin layers of black phosphorous (left) and after (right). Image Credit: RMIT Australia. The material is considered as one of the thinnest antimicrobial coatings created so far and is powerful against an extensive range of drug-resistant fungal and bacterial cells but ...