Bacterial biofilms compromise the use of implanted medical devices such as stents, catheters and ventilators because they can shed bacteria and cause infection elsewhere in a patient. These surface-attached bacterial communities are very difficult to...

This week in therapeutics Indication Target/ marker/ pathway Summary Licensing status Publication and contact information Infectious disease Pseudomonas Fucose-binding lectin PA-IIL (lecB) A study in cell culture identified lecB-binding peptide dendrimers that may be useful...