Copper-Loaded Starch Nanoparticles Can Target Bacteria in Microbial Communities

March 30, 2026
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cause more than 2 million infections and 23,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Researchers at Michigan Medicine are exploring a new approach using engineered nanoparticles to target and destroy harmful bacteria, with early work focusing on one of the most common sources of hospital-acquired infections.

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