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Drug helps reduce bacterial antibiotic resistance
US researchers uncover a new drug that reduces the ability of bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance, prolonging the antibiotic effectiveness.
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Antibiotics are a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.
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Gut bacterial interactions limit antibiotic efficacy on C. difficile
A recent study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that interactions between gut bacteria can influence the effectiveness of antibiotics against C. difficile infections.
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria contaminates hospitals’ ICU in China
The drug resistant bacteria: CRAB, came into the ICU in hospitals in Hangzhou, China, creating an urgent need for a thorough understanding of the persistence, transmission, and evolution of CRAB populations in such environments.
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Antimicrobial resistance identified in bloodstream by metagenomic sequencing
University of Oxford finds rapid metagenomics can produce accurate results 18-42 hours quicker than conventional tests for antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections, which could save lives and reduce the misuse of antibiotics.
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New shape-shifting antibiotics could solve drug-resistant bacteria
US scientists have developed antibiotics that can “shape-shift”, which prevent bacteria from coming resistant against them.
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Bacteria’s survival strategies against antibiotics
US researchers investigate how bacteria develop an antibiotic tolerance without mutations.
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Does treating adolescent acne with systemic antibiotics have unintended consequences on the skeleton?
US researchers unmask the consequences of treating adolescent acne with systemic antibiotics; as it can lead to altered profiles of circulating bile acids that reduce osteoblast function and bone mass accrual.
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Is hydroquinine the answer to antimicrobial resistance?
In this exclusive Q&A, Dr Robert Baldock, Research Scientist at the University of Portsmouth, discusses the compound hydroquinine and how it could be used as an effective weapon against a pathogen that causes serious infections in humans, mostly hospital patients.
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A new weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A UNIGE team reveals that a drug used against herpes can fight a bacterium that is resistant to most antibiotics by weakening its defence mechanisms.
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New antibiotic could stop advance of resistant pathogens
Using computational screening, researchers have discovered an antibiotic called Dynobactin, that halts the advance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Application note: Flow cytometry platform
Compendium of iQue® advanced flow cytometry platform application posters: Antibody discovery and immuno-oncology.
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Scientists develop promising new gonorrhoea antibiotic
The drug candidate, JSF-2659, has been developed to be administered orally, and could be a game changer in treating gonorrhoea.
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Using microscopy to understand how bacteria spreads and multiplies
Researchers have been using state-of-the-art microscopy to analyse bacteria’s shapeshifting behaviour, findings which could lead to treatments for UTIs.
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A multi-step analysis including GCI reveals novel insight into LPS translocation
Antibiotic resistance is one of the key health challenges of the future. In a new study, researchers have carried out a multi-step analysis to deliver insights into translocation of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic portions of the large lipopolysaccharide molecules through the outer membrane of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This article summarises their…
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How do fast-growing bacteria resist antibiotics?
A new study has revealed how some fast-growing bacteria could be retreated with antibiotics.
