The surge in the anti-biofilm wound dressing market is largely attributed to the rising prevalence of acute and chronic wounds. As these conditions become more common, the need for innovative and ...

Communities of bacteria known as biofilms play a major role in hard-to-treat infections that can ruin lives.To spread, these ...

The loss of the innate barrier function of the skin facilitates wound colonization, thus promoting the formation of a polymicrobial biofilm of aerobic and/or anaerobic bacteria. Appropriate ...

Healing of chronic venous leg ulcers among older adults may be affected by wound-related factors, symptoms, and systemic inflammation.

Bacterial communities build biofilms to protect themselves from external threats, such as antibiotics. But researchers are now taking aim at these bacterial shields. “Biofilms can be good ...

Biofilm communities are not simply surface-adherent mixtures of bacterial species, rather they are dynamic and structurally complex systems. As biofilms might be the default mode of bacterial life ...

The biofilm breakdown also made K. pneumoniae more vulnerable to attack by immune cells from mice and humans. The team also ...

The biofilm breakdown also made K. pneumoniae more vulnerable to attack by immune cells from mice and humans. The team also ...