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

What are the needs for clinical application of next-generation sequencing for microbiological diagnosis?

Scientists have surveyed to understand the need for clinical application of next-generation sequencing in microbiology laboratories.

23 Aug 2023

New powerful antibiotic isolated from bacteria could combat multi-resistant 'superbugs'

A new powerful antibiotic, isolated from bacteria that could not be studied before, seems capable to combat harmful bacteria and even multi-resistant 'superbugs'.

22 Aug 2023

Researchers decipher the mode of action of new antibiotic

More and more bacterial pathogens are developing resistance. There is an increasing risk that common drugs will no longer be effective against infectious diseases.

22 Aug 2023

Kidney–Gut axis: study shows potential link between gut dysbiosis and chronic kidney disease

Researchers reviewed published scientific work on the kidney-gut axis.

22 Aug 2023

Did the gut microbiome composition of infants change during the COVID-19 pandemic?

A recent study compared infant gut microbiome composition before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Aug 2023

Big data and machine learning can help combat antimicrobial resistance in livestock

A new study suggests that using big data and machine learning in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in livestock production methods could help inform interventions and offer protections against germs that are becoming resistant to antibiotics.

18 Aug 2023

Study shows how antibiotic resistance genes build up over a lifetime

Cooking food thoroughly and avoiding some types of vegetables and salad during a course of antibiotic treatment could potentially reduce antibiotic resistance, by preventing bacteria carrying resistance genes getting into the gut, according to a new study.

17 Aug 2023

CPD vet webinar to highlight animal and human health collaborations improving diagnostics and therapeutics use

NORTHAMPTON, UK (15th August 2023) – HORIBA UK is to host a CPD webinar focusing on how a One Health multidisciplinary approach can enable beneficial changes in veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics usage.

From HORIBA Scientific UK 17 Aug 2023

UCF researcher receives $3.4 million to develop new antibiotic to treat tuberculosis

A College of Medicine researcher is developing a new antibiotic related to penicillin to treat tuberculosis (TB) and related lung infections.

16 Aug 2023

Scientists capture first images of ribosome-modifying enzymes in action

Bacteria draw from an arsenal of weapons to combat the drugs intended to kill them. Among the most prevalent of these weapons are ribosome-modifying enzymes.

14 Aug 2023

How does particulate matter air pollution contribute to antibiotic resistance?

Researchers explore the role of particulate matter within the environment to facilitate the spread of genetic elements responsible for antibiotic resistance.

14 Aug 2023

Synergistic winter flounder antimicrobial peptides unveil new path to enhanced bactericidal therapy

The synergistic action of six winter flounder (WF) antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) against bacterial pathogens.

14 Aug 2023

New gene-editing tool helps to study single-base mutations in cancer

A change in just one letter in the code that makes up a cancer-causing gene can significantly affect how aggressive a tumor is or how well a patient with cancer responds to a particular therapy.

10 Aug 2023

Duke researchers develop potent antibiotic against drug-resistant superbugs

A scientific journey decades in the making at Duke University has found a new antibiotic strategy to defeat gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella, Pseudomonas and E. coli, the culprits in many urinary tract infections (UTIs).

9 Aug 2023

Antimicrobial resistance linked to 569,000 deaths in the Americas in 2019

569,000 deaths were linked to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in all 35 countries of the WHO Region of the Americas, according to a new peer-reviewed paper published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas.

8 Aug 2023

Are teicoplanin-non-susceptible Staphylococcus epidermidis strains increasing?

Researchers elucidated the incidence patterns of teicoplanin-non-susceptible Staphylococcus epidermidis (Teico-NS S. epidermidis) over six years.

8 Aug 2023

Phage therapy shows promise in treating tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

A new international study conducted by the Israeli Phage Therapy Center (IPTC) led by Prof. Ran Nir-Paz at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and Prof. Ronen Hazan of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, using phage PASA16 on compassionate basis to treat tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, has shown promising results with an 86.6% success rate.

7 Aug 2023