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Antibiotics are drugs used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other microorganisms.

Simple paper-based test identifies falsified and substandard antibiotics

Antibiotics - medicines that treat bacterial infections - have saved millions of lives worldwide since their discovery in the early 20th century.

22 Aug 2018

Study finds worrisome increase in drug-resistant infections

Nearly six percent of urinary tract infections analyzed by a California emergency department were caused by drug-resistant bacteria in a one-year study period, according to new research in Annals of Emergency Medicine. The bacteria were resistant to most of the commonly used antibiotics.

21 Aug 2018

ASU joins with Mayo Clinic to move blue clays closer to medical use

Researchers at Arizona State University and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, have found that at least one type of blue clay may help fight disease-causing bacteria in wounds, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The findings appear in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.

21 Aug 2018

Scientists discover peptides that can be used as new antibiotic candidates

The human body produces many antimicrobial peptides that help the immune system fend off infection. Scientists hoping to harness these peptides as potential antibiotics have now discovered that other peptides in the human body can also have potent antimicrobial effects, expanding the pool of new antibiotic candidates.

21 Aug 2018

Researchers move closer to finding potential soft spot in drug-resistant tuberculosis

Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis is a public health threat. TB and other bacteria become resistant to antibiotics by evolving genetic changes over time, which they can do quite quickly because bacterial lifecycles are short.

15 Aug 2018

Finding the light in antimicrobials

Hundreds of polymers which kill drug-resistant superbugs in novel ways could be produced and tested using light, using this new method.

14 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new way of testing bacterial resistance to antibiotics

A new method to analyze a commonly understood route for antibiotic resistance could lead to earlier detection of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

14 Aug 2018

Study may help increase effectiveness of antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria

Bacteria - especially Gram-negative strains - are becoming increasingly resistant to current antibiotic drugs, and the development of new classes of antibiotics has slowed.

13 Aug 2018

Lax oversight leaves surgery center regulators and patients in the dark

The first man died in April 2014. Another died later that month. Then on July 18 of that year, a woman was rushed to a hospital where she was told she was lucky to be alive.

9 Aug 2018

Study to examine whether modulating gut bacteria can improve cardiac function in heart failure patients

A clinical study called the GutHeart Trial is poised to examine the potential relationship between the bacterial composition of the gut and inflammatory and metabolic pathways in the cardiovascular system.

9 Aug 2018

Study: Potential new class of drugs may lower heart disease risk by targeting gut microbes

Cleveland Clinic researchers have designed a potential new class of drugs that may reduce cardiovascular risk by targeting a specific microbial pathway in the gut.

7 Aug 2018

Probiotic use could result in disorienting brain fogginess and rapid belly bloating

Probiotic use can result in a significant accumulation of bacteria in the small intestine that can result in disorienting brain fogginess as well as rapid, significant belly bloating, investigators report.

6 Aug 2018

World's major heart surgery organizations call for effective strategies to treat rheumatic heart disease

Experts from the world's major heart surgery organizations-including The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery-are calling for urgent action to develop and implement effective strategies for treating rheumatic heart disease, which affects 33 million people and kills 320,000 annually.

3 Aug 2018

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Simple paper-based test identifies falsified and substandard antibiotics

Study finds worrisome increase in drug-resistant infections

ASU joins with Mayo Clinic to move blue clays closer to medical use

Scientists discover peptides that can be used as new antibiotic candidates

Researchers move closer to finding potential soft spot in drug-resistant tuberculosis

Finding the light in antimicrobials

Researchers develop new way of testing bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Study may help increase effectiveness of antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria

Lax oversight leaves surgery center regulators and patients in the dark

Study to examine whether modulating gut bacteria can improve cardiac function in heart failure patients

Study: Potential new class of drugs may lower heart disease risk by targeting gut microbes

Probiotic use could result in disorienting brain fogginess and rapid belly bloating

World's major heart surgery organizations call for effective strategies to treat rheumatic heart disease

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Researchers show how microbes from diverse subway travelers mix throughout the day

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