Researchers from Johns Hopkins University developed a coating made from antibiotic-releasing nanofibers to prevent bacterial infections related to total joint replacement surgery.
The work was published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Although the team used rodents’ knee joints to demonstrate the effects of the nanofiber film, they suggest that the coating could have “broad applicability” in orthopedic prostheses, pacemakers, stents and other implantable devices.
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