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Russian scientists have developed a cheap and non-toxic anti-bacterial gel based on silver and sulfur-containing amino acids that is a hundred times more effective than other silver-based counterparts. This gel has the potential to be used for curing hospital-acquired infections.
Russian scientists have developed an anti-bacterial gel based on silver and sulfur-containing amino acids. It is a hundred times more effective than other silver-based counterparts that also fights bacteria causing nosocomial infections.
The proposed medication is cheap, non-toxic and easy to synthesize, which means it could potentially be used to cure hospital-acquired infections. The results of this research have been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
Synthesis of new generation drugs that are aimed at fighting pathogenic bacteria and biofilms—microbial communities, attached to each other or any other surface—has been a highly important task. Antibiotics have been the primary antibacterials of the past century and their improper and unsystematic use has led to drug resistance in bacteria.
That’s why scientists and doctors nowadays are trying to reduce the use of antibiotics in order to avoid bacteria’s ability to resist the drug. New methods for producing antibacterial preparations and approaches to their sustainable management are needed to ensure that the microorganisms not to develop resistance to drugs.
A promising element for such medications is silver, because this metal has antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal properties. The silver nanoparticles have shown their effectiveness in wound dressings, implants and catheters. However, in order to obtain such nanoparticles scientists often use expensive and toxic materials that