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November 20, 2007

Nattharika Aumsuwan and Marek Urban, part of the team that developed antibiotic coating process.

University of Southern Mississippi researchers Nattharika Aumsuwan, left, and Marek Urban are part of a university team in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials that has developed a new process to coat surfaces of medical devices with antibiotics.

Credit: Steve Rouse


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