"In American hospitals alone, healthcare-associated infections (i.e., nosocomial infections) account for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths each year. Of these infections: 32 % of all healthcare-associated infection are urinary tract infections; 22 percent are surgical site infections; 15 percent are pneumonia (lung infections); and 14 percent are bloodstream infections” (Centers… Continue reading Self-Assembling Surfactant that Disassembles Biofilms