Carbon Nanotubes As Anti-bacterial Agents

Overview

Journal Cell Mol Life Sci

Publisher Springer

Specialty Biology

Date 2017 May 25

PMID 28536787

Citations 35

Authors

Teodora Mocan

Cristian T Matea

Teodora Pop

Ofelia Mosteanu

Anca Dana Buzoianu

Soimita Suciu

Cosmin Puia

Claudiu Zdrehus

Cornel Iancu

Lucian Mocan

Affiliations

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Abstract

Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that have evolved via natural selection have increased alarmingly at a global level. Thus, there is a strong need for the development of novel antibiotics for the treatment of these infections. Functionalized carbon nanotubes through their unique properties hold great promise in the fight against multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. This new family of nanovectors for therapeutic delivery proved to be innovative and efficient for the transport and cellular translocation of therapeutic molecules. The current review examines the latest progress in the antibacterial activity of carbon nanotubes and their composites.

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