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AI-based technology accelerates discovery of new tuberculosis drug candidates

Tuberculosis is a serious global health threat that infected more than 10 million people in 2022. Spread through the air and into the lungs, the pathogen that causes "TB" can lead to chronic cough, chest pains, fatigue, fever and weight loss.

7 Feb 2025

Urban density and HIV prevalence linked to rising antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea

Researchers identify key geographic and health factors that may predict the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea in the United States.

7 Feb 2025

Curcumin-based therapy offers hope against antibiotic-resistant superbugs

In 2017, a tragic incident unfolded in a Nevada hospital. A woman, admitted for pneumonia, tragically succumbed to multiple organ failure and sepsis.

6 Feb 2025

Jumbo phages' protective shield offers clues for fighting antibiotic resistance

Scientists are learning more about how an intriguing type of virus protects itself. Revealing its strategies could boost the fight against antibiotic resistance.

6 Feb 2025

Research disproves persister bacteria as main cause of antibiotic resistance

Antibiotics are indispensable for treating bacterial infections. But why are they sometimes ineffective, even when the bacteria are not resistant? In their latest study published in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of Basel challenge the conventional view that a small subset of particularly resilient bacteria are responsible for the failure of antibiotic therapies.

5 Feb 2025

Genetic fingerprint could help predict antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the World Health Organization estimates it could surpass cancer and heart disease as the leading cause of death as more bacteria develop defenses to the drugs designed to combat them.

29 Jan 2025

Researchers discover link between protein aggregation and bacterial dormancy

Researchers at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research revealed a mechanism involving protein aggregation that allows bacteria to enter a dormant state, a phenomenon that is associated with the persistence of infections and the challenge of antibiotic resistance.

27 Jan 2025

New compound V-161 offers hope in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

V-161, a novel compound targeting the Na+ -V-ATPase enzyme in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), significantly reduces bacterial growth and colonization.

23 Jan 2025

New discovery sheds light on how bacteria use plasmids to build resistance

An international collaboration has achieved an important breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow bacteria to build resistance to drugs.

23 Jan 2025

Researchers develop computer models to improve antibiotic targeting and minimize resistance

With antibiotic resistance a growing problem, University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have developed cutting-edge computer models that could give the disease-fighting drugs a laser-like precision to target only specific bacteria in specific parts of the body.

15 Jan 2025

NIH grant supports study of copper's role in killing harmful bacteria

A researcher at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his research into uncovering the mysteries of copper – specifically, how it can be harnessed to kill harmful bacteria and other microorganisms.

10 Jan 2025

Eating more fiber supports growth of good bacteria and protects against gut infections

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella, E.coli and others, is present at low levels as part of a healthy human gut microbiome.

10 Jan 2025

Early results of doxy PEP rollout show mixed impact on STIs

As health care services begin offering doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), real-world evidence demonstrates that the postexposure strategy, called doxy PEP, is reducing the rate of syphilis and chlamydia, but has had little to no effect on gonorrhea and needs close monitoring for signals of antibiotic resistance.

6 Jan 2025

Study identifies how zinc deficiency can make drug-resistant bacteria vulnerable

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a critical vulnerability in drug-resistant bacteria: zinc - or a lack thereof.

6 Jan 2025

Fruit flies steal bacterial defense to survive parasitic wasps

In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups the competition.

24 Dec 2024

Can probiotics restore antibiotic-perturbed microbiota?

Probiotics can reduce antibiotic-associated diarrhea but don't fully restore gut microbiota. Further studies are essential to evaluate their long-term effects.

19 Dec 2024

Researchers discover weakness in bacterial machinery that drives antibiotic resistance

Superbugs, bacteria that are immune to multiple antibiotics, pose a great challenge to modern medicine. Researchers from the B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering at TUD Dresden University of Technology and Institut Pasteur in Paris identified a weakness in the bacterial machinery that drives antibiotic resistance adaptation.

17 Dec 2024

Antibiotic Resistance News and Research

AI-based technology accelerates discovery of new tuberculosis drug candidates

Urban density and HIV prevalence linked to rising antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea

Curcumin-based therapy offers hope against antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Jumbo phages' protective shield offers clues for fighting antibiotic resistance

Research disproves persister bacteria as main cause of antibiotic resistance

Genetic fingerprint could help predict antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Researchers discover link between protein aggregation and bacterial dormancy

New compound V-161 offers hope in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

New discovery sheds light on how bacteria use plasmids to build resistance

Researchers develop computer models to improve antibiotic targeting and minimize resistance

NIH grant supports study of copper's role in killing harmful bacteria

Eating more fiber supports growth of good bacteria and protects against gut infections

Early results of doxy PEP rollout show mixed impact on STIs

Study identifies how zinc deficiency can make drug-resistant bacteria vulnerable

Fruit flies steal bacterial defense to survive parasitic wasps

Can probiotics restore antibiotic-perturbed microbiota?

Researchers discover weakness in bacterial machinery that drives antibiotic resistance

Researchers use innovative approach to uncover hidden bioactive compounds in bacteria

Scientists reveal the spread of highly drug-resistant cholera strain

Soil ecosystems fuel antibiotic resistance development

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