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No iron, no biofilms
Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020531-03
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Biofilm bacteria are extremely resistant to antibiotic treatments and can occur on many medical implants and in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. In 30 May Nature, Pradeep Singh and colleagues from University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, show that lactoferrin, a component of innate immunity, prevents bacterial biofilm development (Nature 2002, 417:552-555).
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