date:Aug 06, 2012
ght be able to defend patients against serious O104 infections that might progress into kidney failure or even death.
It does seem like it could be a possibility,said Shannon Manning, Ph.D., molecular biologist at MSU and co-author on the study. Even if you wipe out the biofilm, you're still going to get the disease if the toxin is being produced, but it might not be as severe.
Manning told Food Safety News that her and colleagues have a few theories for how to disable the biofilm. One involve