Mucin-inspired agents to manage infections
Year
2016
Project team
Katharina Ribbeck with Kelsey Wheeler and Bradley Turner
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Healthy microbe diversity
The global rise of antibiotic resistance presents a clear danger and urges the development of innovative approaches to treat and prevent infections. This mucin-inspired project will enable healthy microbe diversity by developing a synthetic microbe-taming barrier to microbial infections.