Nano-Killers Can Destroy Bacteria on Implanted Prosthetics

One of the main dangers plaguing all sorts of medical tools, devices and human implants at this point comes from a bacterium known as Staphylococcus epidermidis. Opportunistic by nature, the organism regularly lives on our skins, and is as harmless as it comes. However, when it hitches ri... [ read more >> ]

Iron-oxide nanoparticles developed at Brown University target an infected prosthesis, penetrate a bacterial film on the implant’s surface and thwart the colony by killing the bacteria. The nanoparticles also are believed to help natural bone cell growth

Image comment: Iron-oxide nanoparticles developed at Brown University target an infected prosthesis, penetrate a bacterial film on the implant’s surface and thwart the colony by killing the bacteria. The nanoparticles also are believed to help natural bone cell growth
Image credits: Erik Taylor / Brown University via EurekAlert

Iron-oxide nanoparticles developed at Brown University target an infected prosthesis, penetrate a bacterial film on the implant’s surface and thwart the colony by killing the bacteria. The nanoparticles also are believed to help natural bone cell growth
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