The substantial increase in multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria is a major threat
to global health. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported …

Silver nanoparticles are well known potent antimicrobial agents. Although significant
progresses have been achieved on the elucidation of antimicrobial mechanism of silver …

Advanced therapeutic dressings that take active part in wound healing to achieve rapid and
complete healing of chronic wounds is of current research interest. There is a desire for …

Excessive biofluid around wounds often causes infection and hinders wound healing.
However, the intrinsic hydrophilicity of the conventional dressing inevitably retains excessive …

We report a previously unrecognized mechanism for the prolonged action of biocidal agents,
which we denote as the zombies effect: biocidally-killed bacteria are capable of killing living …

Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is a promising material for moist wound healing, and silver
loading onto CMC has been examined for anti-bacterial activity. In this study, we developed …

Silver is a potent antimicrobial agent against a variety of microorganisms and once the
element has entered the bacterial cell, it accumulates as silver nanoparticles with large …

Wound healing can be a painful and time-consuming process in patients with diabetes
mellitus. In light of this, the use of wound healing devices could help to accelerate this …

Bacterial infections often affect the wound, delaying healing and causing areas of necrosis.
In this work, an aerogel in form of core-shell particles, able to prolong drug activity on …

The growing demand for personalized medicine requires innovation in drug manufacturing
to combine versatility with automation. Here, three-dimensional (3D) printing was explored …