New Biomaterials for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies of Pathogenic Biofilms
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2024) | Viewed by 4766
Special Issue Editor
Interests: oral biofilm; dental materials; dental caries; biomaterials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to demonstrate the current scenarios around new biomaterials for diagnostic and therapeutic strategies of pathogenic biofilms through original research and timely reviews on this subject.
Biofilm formation is a major concern in various sectors and causes severe public health, medicine, and industry problems. Biofilms account for up to 80% of the total number of bacteria-related infections, including endocarditis, cystic fibrosis, secondary caries, periodontitis, osteomyelitis, non-healing chronic wounds, meningitis, kidney infections, and prosthesis and implantable device-related infections.
Current research also indicates that entire microbial communities can be associated with the disease. The idea that the lack of a beneficial organism in a biofilm may be just as significant as the presence of a pathogen in the contribution to disease has led to the development of a hypothesis linking certain conditions to a shift in membership of the local microbiota, known as the “microbial shift” hypothesis. Microbial shift, more commonly known as dysbiosis, refers to the concept that some diseases are due to a decrease in the number of beneficial symbionts and an increase in pathogens.
This Special Issue calls for recent studies from various biological science and bioengineering fields composed of investigations on biomaterials and techniques to control biofilms, susceptibility to bacterial colonization, mechanisms, and clinical perspectives, among others, that envision promising solutions for bacterial-related infections.
We invite manuscripts that focus on a wide range of issues and concerns regarding “New Biomaterials for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies of Pathogenic Biofilms”, including, but not limited to:
- Antibiofilm-containing dental/medical devices;
- Infection-resisting biomaterials;
- Clinical perspectives of device-associated infection;
- Microbial shift driven by therapeutic strategies;
- Bacterial response to dental/medical materials surface;
- Nanotechnology applied to biofilm control.
We very much look forward to your valuable contribution.
Dr. Mary Anne Melo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dental Materials
- biofilm
- infections
- nanotechnology
- bacteria
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