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Designing nanoparticles to fight against superbugs

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Channel: Michigan Engineering · 2017 · Science & Technology

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To combat antibiotic resistant bacteria, University of Michigan researchers are developing nanobiotics—nanoparticles tailored to interrupt the inner processes that keep bacteria alive. Read more at https://news.engin.umich.edu/2017/08/new-class-of-antibiotics-nanobiotics/

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These nanoparticles can be shaped specifically to get past a bacterium’s defenses and shut down processes essential to its survival. It can also be used to coat medical implants in order to prevent infection from drug resistant bacteria.

This project is a collaboration between Nicholas Kotov, Joseph B and Florence V Cejka Professor of Engineering, and J. Scott VanEpps, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.
http://www.umkotov.com/
https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/emergency-medicine/scott-vanepps-md-phd

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