Alternating magnetic fields enhance anti-biofilm activity across pathogen and antibiotic space
Miranda Hairgrove, Sneha Banerjee, Madhab Sapkota, Gerald Kramer, Varun Sadaphal, Bibin Prasad, Rajiv Chopra, David E Greenberg · 2025
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Miranda Hairgrove and co-authors tested in 2025 whether pulsing magnetic fields help antibiotics clear biofilms on joint implants. Biofilms are germ cities that shield bacteria from drugs, and infected implants often must come out. The team grew biofilms of joint-infection germs and hit them with high-rate alternating fields plus drugs. Both Gram types were covered, with a matched drug for each.
Fields plus drugs cut germ loads far past drugs alone, by about five logs on average. The kill did not depend on the implant metal, and it grew with time and heat, peaking at eighty degrees. The team pitches the fields as an add-on cure that could spare implants, with clinic tests owed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Miranda Hairgrove, Sneha Banerjee, Madhab Sapkota, Gerald Kramer, Varun Sadaphal, Bibin Prasad, Rajiv Chopra, David E Greenberg |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |