Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is an asymptomatic colonizer of 30% of all human
beings. While generally benign, antibiotic resistance contributes to the success of S. aureus …

The emergence of multi-drug resistance makes bacterial infection a major threat to public
health and economy. The formation of bacterial biofilms is one of the main reasons of …

Diabetic wound infection is a common disease that has significantly reduced people's
quality of life. Although tremendous achievements have been made in clinical treatment, the …

Nanomaterial-based wound healing has tremendous potential for treating and preventing
wound infections with its multiple benefits compared with traditional treatment approaches …

Chitin, as the second abundant biopolymers on earth after cellulose, has been used for
synthesis of hydrogels in a wide range of applications due to its biocompatibility …

A biofilm is a community of stable microorganisms encapsulated in an extracellular matrix
produced by themselves. Many types of microorganisms that are found on living hosts or in …

Diabetic wounds often have a slow healing process and become easily infected owing to
hyperglycemia in wound beds. Once planktonic bacterial cells develop into biofilms, the …

Hydrogels are polymeric three-dimensional network structures with high water content. Due
to their superior biocompatibility and low toxicity, hydrogels play a significant role in the …

Advances in thermoresponsive materials have significantly impacted many biomedical
fields. The unique behavior of reversible phase transition close to the physiological …

Biofilms, ubiquitous in nature, are three-dimensional complex microbial communities
sheathed in a self-secreted extracellular polymeric matrix. Infections caused by these …