Molecular tweezers that attack antibiotic resistant bacteria

[PeteS in CA]

Molecular tweezers that attack antibiotic resistant bacteria

https://phys.org/news/2021-05-molecular-tweezers-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria.html

For years, medical professionals have struggled with bacterial infections becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. These molecular tweezers may be the key to battling one of greatest public health issues of the 21st century.
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The tweezers target biofilm, a thin layer of fibers that protects the bacteria. ... the tweezers impair the bacteria without directly attacking it, which prevents resistance from occurring.

Prof. Jelinek, who is also BGUs vice president of research and development and a member of the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, explained, "The tweezers are just like your home tweezers but a million times smaller, and instead of plucking hairs they attack fibers of the bacteria's biofilm." By doing that they break the biofilm, making it more vulnerable to human immune defenses and external substances that are used against bacteria like antibiotics."

[jmyrlefuller]

Is that really plausible for a large-scale infection, though? You'd have to pick apart bacteria by the millions.