OBJECTIVES: Conventional plaque assessment methods, such as clinical indices and planimetry, rely on plaque-disclosing agents and may overemphasize thin biofilm areas due to plaque thickness variations. This study introduces a digital 3D method to qu...
Biofilms, structured communities of microbial cells embedded in extracellular polymeric substances, are notorious for their resilience against conventional antimicrobial treatments. They contribute significantly to chronic infections and industrial b...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Dec 23, 2025
Antimicrobial peptides have emerged as a potential alternative to traditional small-molecule antimicrobials. They possess broad-spectrum efficacy and increasingly confront the challenges of bacterial resistance, especially the adaptive resistance of ...
This investigation evaluates the performance of a sequencing batch moving bed biofilm reactor (SB-MBBR) employing Ceramic Rings and K1 biofilters as biofilm carriers for the removal of phenol and chemical oxygen demand (COD) from synthetic landfill l...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Nov 6, 2025
Increasing concerns regarding prolonged antibiotic usage have spurred the search for alternative treatments. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), first discovered in the 1980s, have exhibited significant potential against a broad range of bacteria. Short-s...
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
Sep 15, 2025
INTRODUCTION: The global rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), particularly among biofilm-forming bacteria and fungi, has created an urgent need for novel therapeutics. Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), a plant-derived polyphenolic lignan, has demo...
Bone infections, particularly those caused by Staphylococcus aureus, pose clinical challenges due to biofilm formation and association with bone loss. To address this, we developed a three-dimensional (3D) printed hydrogel-based drug delivery device ...
The transformation of ozone (O) into hydroxyl radical (OH) during the ozonation was evaluated in the presence of granular activated carbon (GAC) and biofilm-covered granular activated carbon (BGAC). While both GAC and BGAC accelerated O decomposition...
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
Jul 5, 2025
Bone infections, such as fracture-related and periprosthetic joint infections, present significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in orthopaedic surgery. Current diagnosic standards rely primarily on tissue cultures of intraoperatively obtaine...
Self-propelled nano- and micromachines have immense potential as autonomous seek-and-act devices in biomedical applications. In this study, we present microrobots constructed with inherently biocompatible materials and propulsion systems tailored to ...
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