Saturday, April 11, 2009

"Taking the Resistance Out of Drug-Resistant Infections"

Taking the Resistance Out of Drug-Resistant Infections
April 10th, 2009 By Mick Kulikowski
(PhysOrg.com) -- It started out as a research project focused on getting rid of harmful bacterial accumulations called biofilms. Now it has the potential to make conventional antibiotics work against stubborn, drug-resistant bacteria.

See story at http://www.physorg.com/news158594722.html about how studying how simple sponges in the ocean can keep themselves bacteria-free may lead to new ways to knock out the biggest threat to our future health.