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| Nanoglossdotcom |
FORGET antibiotics, let's try nanoparticles. That's according to DARPA, the US military's research arm, which says that rather than spend money on new antibiotics, which only work until bacterial strains grow resistant, "readily adaptable nanotherapeutics" can fight infection instead.
The agency has called for proposals to find ways to use small interfering RNA (siRNA) to fight bacteria. These scraps of genetic code seek out their mirror image within cells, such as bacteria, and silence them. This stops protein production and leads to cell death.
New Scientist: Forget antibiotics, try nanoparticles instead
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