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Frontier IP Group teams up with University of Cambridge to tackle gum disease

Frontier IP Group teams up with University of Cambridge to tackle gum disease

Frontier IP Group PLC's (LON:FIPP) Neil Crabb discusses with Proactive London's Andrew Scott a new joint project between themselves and the University of Cambridge to tackle gum disease. The study's received a £52,891 grant from the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC). The proof-of-concept award will support an eight-month project to explore the potential of origami-like DNA nanostructures to disrupt the dental plaque biofilms formed by P.gingivalis, the bacterium responsible for gum disease.