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Smart sense-and-respond bandage for the detection and treatment of wound infections
The TechnologyResearchers at The University of Tennessee have developed a sense-and-respond bandage for autonomous, closed-loop detection, communication, and self-mitigation of wound pathogens. Using an integrated genomic, biomedical, and nanotechnological approach, the inventors have engineered a biochip biosensor that detects the presence of bacterial...
Published: 6/10/2013   |   Updated: 6/7/2013   |   Inventor(s): Steven Ripp, James Fleming, Gary Sayler
Keywords(s): Anti-bacterial, Bacteria, Biomedical Engineering, Drug Delivery
Category(s): Engineering, Human Health
Discovery of Selective Menaquinone Biosynthesis Inhibitors against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Reference: PD 12060 Therapeutic: Antibacterial Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causes tuberculosis (TB) and is responsible for nearly two million deaths annually. Moreover, the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of Mtb seriously threatens TB control and prevention efforts. M. tuberculosis is recognized to lie in a non-replicating...
Published: 6/4/2013   |   Updated: 5/21/2013   |   Inventor(s): Michio Kurosu, Joy Debnath, Shajila Siricilla
Keywords(s): Anti-bacterial, Bacteria, Small molecule, Therapeutics, Tuberculosis
Category(s): Human Health