Comes from nanomaterial advanced the new weapon to combat the increasingly serious phenomenon ofantibiotic-resistancewhich makes infections caused by bacteria much more difficult to cure: these materials I am in fact capable Of break The so -called bacifilm bacterialthat is, those structures in which they join microorganisms to protect yourself from the attack of the immune system and drugs.
The development of this technology is due to European project BACTERADIX coordinated by the University of Bologna e financed with 3 million euros by the Pathfinder program of the European Innovation Council (EIC). The World Health Organization has identified antibiotic-resistance as one of the ten main threats to public health globally.
“The resistance to antibiotics affects millions of people all over the world and jeopardizes the progress of medicine,” says the project coordinator, Paolo Blasi. The bacterial biofilm, in particular, are one of the most dangerous and difficult to fight enemies. “Biofilm are among the main causes of the failures of many therapeutic approaches – comments Blasi – and favor the development of drug resistance, making it increasingly difficult to defeat infections”.
It is to find a solution to this problem that researchers from the BACTERADIX project have developed an innovative technological solution, capable of offering quick and adaptable answers to destroy biofilm. The project It is particularly in particular concentrate on Staphylococcus aureusone of the most dangerous bacteria that can cause even very serious diseases, e Pseudomonas aeruginosawhose infections are often contracted in hospitals. “The technology developed by BACTERADIX will allow a quick response to these threats – adds Blasi – allowing to reduce the health costs associated with infectious diseases and favoring the development of new effective and safe antibiotics “.
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