Get the latest tech news

New ultrasound drug delivery system found to be highly effective against bacterial biofilms | This offers a promising solution that could address the global crisis of chronic antibiotic-resistant infections affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide.


Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a new drug delivery system using ultrasound-activated nanoparticles to break through and destroy bacterial biofilms. This offers a promising solution that could address the global crisis of chronic antibiotic-resistant infections affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

This offers a promising solution that could address the global crisis of chronic antibiotic-resistant infections affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Our findings are very promising, as treatment of chronic infections associated with biofilm production continues to be a challenge in the face of spreading antimicrobial resistance worldwide. With bacteria that did not form biofilms, the combination of the nanoparticles and ultrasound reduced the antibiotic concentration required to prevent their growth by more than 10-fold compared to conventional treatment.

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/tech

Read more on:

Photo of people

people

Photo of Millions

Millions

Photo of Hundreds

Hundreds

Related news:

News photo

ChatGPT burns tens of millions of Softbank dollars listening to you thanking it

News photo

Dumb statistical models, always making people look bad

News photo

Dumb statistical models, always making people look bad