Artificial virus-like capsid poking nanoholes in antimicrobial resistance

A team of scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL; London, UK) have partnered with top UK universities to develop a mechanism based on a virus-like capsid to combat persistent antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections. As antimicrobial resistance increases a generation of ‘superbugs’ is developing, causing much concern about the viability of developing new antibiotics fast enough to tackle them. Therefore, this team of researchers have looked to nature for an answer as this has proved effective in the past, in this case, using viruses for inspiration. Maxim Ryadnov, area science leader at NPL and researcher on the project, stated: "Viruses are...