No hiding place for infecting bacteria
Date: 20.3.2009
Scientists in Colorado have discovered a new approach to **prevent bacterial infections** from taking hold. Writing in the **Journal of Medical Microbiology**, Dr Quinn Parks and colleagues describe how they used enzymes against products of the body's own defence cells to prevent **Pseudomonas aeruginosa** bacteria from building a protective biofilm which enables them to avoid both the body's immune mechanisms and antibiotics.
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