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Selenium shows promise as antibiotic coating for medical devices

gizmag.com (11 months and 3 days ago)

Jun 21, 2012

Although it’s known to kill bacteria, selenium has never been tried as an antibacterial coating for implanted medical devices ... until now, that is. Engineers from Rhode Island’s Brown University have applied coatings of selenium nanoparticles to pieces of polycarbonate – the material used for things like catheters and endotracheal tubes – and then exposed those samples to Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. In some cases, populations of the... full story

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Letters: Taking up the superbug challenge

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Selenium shows promise as antibiotic coating for medical devices

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