Contact Lenses That Germs Can't Adhere To? Ruhr-University Scientists Breed Designer Molecular Furs On Surfaces

ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2008) — Proteins play a decisive role in both the tolerability of contact lenses and the adherence of mussels to the hulls of ships. They develop a biofilm during their initial contact with the foreign material. This highly complex process is extremely difficult to study. Scientists in Bochum, working in collaboration with colleagues in Frankfurt and Marburg, have developed a new method of investigation that simplifies the decoding of the mechanisms involved.