Smart drug bites into tooth decay
22 November 2006
From New Scientist Print Edition
Dentists could soon be out of a job - a "smart bomb" antimicrobial drug that kills the bacteria that live in plaque could stop tooth decay in its tracks.
Traditional antibiotics are too indiscriminate to be used against Streptococcus mutans because they also kill commensal or "friendly" bacteria, paving the way for other mouth infections. Now Wenyuan Shi of the University of California, Los Angeles, has created an antimicrobial that spares commensal bugs.
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From New Scientist Print Edition
Dentists could soon be out of a job - a "smart bomb" antimicrobial drug that kills the bacteria that live in plaque could stop tooth decay in its tracks.
Traditional antibiotics are too indiscriminate to be used against Streptococcus mutans because they also kill commensal or "friendly" bacteria, paving the way for other mouth infections. Now Wenyuan Shi of the University of California, Los Angeles, has created an antimicrobial that spares commensal bugs.
Read more here
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