Molecular tweezers that attack antibiotic resistant bacteria developed by Ben-Gurion U.

(Americans for Ben-Gurion University) Prof. Jelinek, who is also BGUs vice president of Research& Development and a member of the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology explained, " The tweezers are just like your home tweezers but a million times smaller, and instead of plucking hairs they attack fibers of the bacteria's biofilm. " By doing that they break the biofilm, making it more vulnerable to human immune defenses and external substances that are used against bacteria like antibiotics. "
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news