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New Class of Non-antibiotic Antimicrobial Compounds

BACKGROUND Emerging drug resistant and virulent bacterial strains pose a significant threat to modern clinical practice due to increasing pressure on existing antibacterial therapies and the rise in hospital and community-based infections. Multi‐drug resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria and fungi are now resistant to most available antibiotics and antifungals,...

Published: 5/12/2022 | Updated: 2/8/2022 | Inventor(s): Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Kevin Pinks, Karen Wozniak, Marianna Patrauchan

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biotech & Pharmaceutical

Antimicrobial, thermally and visible light stable silver (I) cyanoximates that inhibit biofilm formation

BACKGROUND Hospital-acquired infections are becoming more prevalent worldwide. According to the CDC, 1.7 million patients in the US acquire infections during their hospital stay, which costs $6.7 billion dollars annually. Fifty-four percent of hospital-acquired infections occur at surgical sites or in urinary tracts, and are increasingly caused by...

Published: 4/19/2022 | Updated: 2/8/2022 | Inventor(s): Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Marianna Patrauchan

Keywords(s): Biotech & Pharmaceutical

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic, Technology Classifications > Biotech & Pharmaceutical