Scientists have succeeded in developing an effective method to treat the often lethal airway infections with nanoparticles that transport the antibiotics more efficiently to their destination. Mucoviscidosis, also known as cystic fibrosis, is an inherited life-threatening disorder that damages the lungs and digestive system. The lung is so significantly damaged that patients often die or need to have a lung transplant.
Permanent treatment with inhaled antibiotics plays a considerable part in this. While the treatment cannot avoid the colonization by bacteria completely but it can keep it in check for a longer period of time.The bacteria defend themselves with a development of resistance, but with the growth of so-called biofilms underneath the layer of mucus, which mostly blocks off the bacteria in the lower rows like a protective shield. "Typically, the drugs are applied by inhalation…
