news Antibiotics developed in 1960s show promise for Tuberculosis therapy 28 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer Tuberculosis is the most deadly infectious disease in the world. Standard TB therapy takes at least 6 months and patients infected with multi-drug...
news Antibiotics weaken Alzheimer’s disease progression 21 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer Antibiotic treatment decreases levels of disease-causing plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by neuroscientists...
news ESCMID-ASM to review antimicrobial development process 27 June 2016 | By European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) ESCMID and ASM are jointly organising a conference to help researchers accelerate the development of new antimicrobials for drug-resistant infections...
article Theravance on Vibativ and fighting antimicrobial resistance 20 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer We recently caught up with Frank Pasqualone of Theravance Biopharma to find out about the latest study results for the company's antibiotic, Vibativ...
news The impact of antibiotic exposure on the infant microbiome 15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer An analysis of changes in the intestinal microbial population during the first three years of life has revealed some of the impacts of antibiotic exposure...
news TXA709 treats MRSA infection and restores efficacy of cefdinir 14 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer The combination of TXA709 with cefdinir, an antibiotic that has been on the market for almost two decades, successfully treated MRSA infection in animals...
news Pathogen busting bacteriophage found in a pond 26 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer A bacteriophage, found in a pond in Connecticut, attacks a common multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogen called Pseudomonas aeruginosa...
news A simple new platform for antibiotic discovery 23 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer Harvard researchers have created a new platform for antibiotic discovery that, they say, may go a long way to solving the crisis of antibiotic resistance...
article Soligenix on IDR technology and SGX942 10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer We discuss Innate Defense Regulator (IDR) technology with Soligenix's Chief Scientific Officer, Dr Oreola Donini, and find out more about SGX942...
news Scientists discover a faster way to synthesise antibiotics 4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer By expressing the genes involved in the production of pleuromutilin in a different type of fungus, researchers increased production by more than 2,000%...
news A new target for the treatment of bacterial infections 28 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer Researchers at Lund University have identified a new therapeutic target for the treatment of bacterial infections that regulates the immune response...
article The threat of antibiotic resistance 25 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Drug Target Review We've created an infographic on the threat of antibiotic resistance, highlighting some of the recommendations made by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance to date...
news Scientists unravel the secret of antibiotic resistance 22 March 2016 | By Victoria White Scientists have provided the first direct evidence of how proteins of the ABC-F family 'protect' the bacterial ribosome from being blocked by antibiotics...
news Researchers identify the ‘Achilles heel’ of bacteria 21 March 2016 | By Victoria White The discovery, a crucial step in bacteria's energy metabolism, may be the first step in developing an entirely novel form of antibiotics...
article Drug Targets In-Depth Focus 2016 17 March 2016 | By Drug Target Review In this Drug Targets In-Depth Focus: "The alarming increase in antibioticresistant bacteria", plus "Computational methods for drug repositioning"; and "An overview of Alzheimer’s disease drug targets"...
