Dated: Mar 30, 2016
Publication Name: Frontiers
Citations : Efficacy and mechanism of selenium nanoparticles as antibacterial agents
The rise in antibiotic resistance has become a daunting concern in the last decade, including strains like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), causing significant health problems and extensive medical bills. It is important, then, to explore novel, non-drug antibiotics to reduce these life-threatening infections. Selenium nanoparticles (SeNP) have been shown to exhibit specific toxicity to bacteria while remaining non-toxic to healthy mammalian cells.
Contributors: Michelle Stolzoff, Steve Q. Wang and Thomas J. Webster