Biofilms are communities of bacteria that adhere to a surface and are nearly impossible to eradicate when they are pathogenic, or disease-causing. Fortunately, a discovery from the laboratories of Lauren Bakaletz, PhD, and Steven Goodman, PhD, in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, provides strong evidence that an innovative therapeutic approach may be effective in the resolution of bacterial biofilm diseases.

"Given how common and troublesome biofilm diseases are, we endeavored to develop a novel approach to disrupt these biofilms," continues Dr. Goodman, principal investigator in the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis at The Research Institute and co-author of the study.

"Once that biofilm is mature, we then attempt to disrupt it by targeting specific bacterial proteins within the biofilm."
https://phys.org/news/2016-06-effective-strategy-disrupting-...

Wie Greenberg zeigte, lässt sich durch die Zugabe von Gallium nicht nur das Wachstum von Bakterien eindämmen, sondern es gelingt auch, bestehende Biofilme zu zerstören.
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/natur/bakterien-biofilme-...

Der Biofilmin dessen Schutz sich Bakterien vermehren, lässt sich durch therapeutische Antikörper zerstörenso dass zuvor unwirksame Antibiotika wieder wirksam werden
https://www.wissenschaft-aktuell.de/artikel/Bei_chronischen_...