Antibacterial Strategies in Biomaterials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2021) | Viewed by 5902
Special Issue Editors
2. Elias Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Interests: bioactive materials; nanotechnology; targeted therapy; biologic therapy; chronic wounds; wound healing; chronic skin infections; microbial biofilms; skin cancer; melanoma
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Interests: microbiology; immunology; new antimicrobial agents; host–pathogen signaling; infection control; antimicrobial nanomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
Infectious diseases greatly impact global morbidity and mortality, with a significant economic burden. While microorganisms continuously develop new mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, we acknowledge the limitations of available therapeutic options, especially in the case of multi-resistant strains. Novel materials with biomedical applications could offer promising perspectives, since such innovative approaches could yield efficient solutions for the global problem of infections with resistant microorganisms. Drug delivery systems such as nanostructured materials could enable a targeted antimicrobial action of natural or synthetic agents. Novel and efficient antimicrobial approaches by molecular and nanosized structures may modulate microbial virulence, host–microbiome interactions, and/or host immune responses and consequently contribute to infection control. These approaches should be focused on the endpoint, their efficiency, and their application in clinical practice, with the lowest cytotoxicity and adverse reactions.
We invite you to contribute your recent work to this Special Issue of Applied Sciences that aims to bring together the most innovative and interesting advances made in the development of biomaterials with antimicrobial properties. Research and review papers focusing on this intriguing field will be considered for this Special Issue.
Assist. Prof. Mara Mihai
Assist. Prof. Alina Maria Holban
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive materials
- nanomaterials
- antimicrobial delivery
- antimicrobial materials
- infection control
- biofilm inhibition
- biofilm modulation
- antimicrobial surfaces, coatings, and devices
- antimicrobial drug delivery systems
- nanosystems for infection control
- antimicrobial resistance
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