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. 2011 Jul;19(7):304-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2011.03.003. Epub 2011 Mar 31.

Will biofilm disassembly agents make it to market?

Diego Romero  1 , Roberto Kolter
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Will biofilm disassembly agents make it to market?

Diego Romero et al. Trends Microbiol. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Nearly 12 years after promising results suggested that antibiofilm agents might be developed into novel therapeutics, there are no such products on the market. In our opinion, the reasons for this have been predominantly economic. Recent developments, however, suggest that there could still be emerging opportunities for the developments of such products.

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