Toothpaste, lotions, cosmetics, eye drops and medications are just some of the products that we all use on a daily basis. Unfortunately, there are two ways that these products can…
A comprehensive strategy for evaluating wound care products are studying their antimicrobial activity and potential cytotoxicity for relevant cell types. NMR capabilities extend well beyond the 1-dimensional 1H NMR spectra…
Chronic non-healing wounds, such as venous ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and pressure ulcers cause tremendous patient suffering. Treatment of such wounds presents a serious unmet medical need. Strategies that optimize the…
Microbial resistance to drug therapy is an area of increasing concern (https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/). The emergence of drug resistance in microorganisms can occur by several different mechanisms (Debabov, 2013), one particular mechanism…
Microbiology Services – Quantitative Biofilm Service Assay Microbial biofilms are everywhere. Biofilm formation occurs when planktonic cells (bacteria, yeast, fungi, etc) attach and colonize living or non-living surfaces. Plaque…
Antibiotic resistance is a growing worldwide public health crisis. Resistance is emerging faster than modern science is able to replace the armamentarium of effective antimicrobial agents. Currently, over half of Staphylococcus…