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Could next-generation antimicrobial agents act as an alternative to standard antibiotics?

Next-generation antimicrobial agents (NGAs) as a potential alternative to standard antibiotics

26 Sep 2023

Turning fish waste into cancer fighters: How abalone viscera peptides could be the next big thing in medicine

Researchers explore the potential of bioactive peptides from abalone fish viscera for their antimicrobial and anticancer properties. The study finds promising activity against various bacterial and fungal strains, as well as cytotoxic effects on prostate cancer cells.

17 Sep 2023

The gut microbiome of critically ill individuals and its modification by immunonutrition and probiotics

Gut dysbiosis among critically ill individuals

16 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

NIAID awards $13.7 million grant to investigate multidrug resistant organisms in nursing homes

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded a $13.7 million, five-year grant to a team of researchers to investigate multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) in nursing homes throughout the United States.

25 Jul 2023

Study offers a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and fungal alterations in COVID-19

Researchers use nanopore sequencing to determine the fungal and bacterial microbiota in the lungs of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.

24 Jul 2023

Detection of antibiotic resistance genes in clinical samples through bioinformatic approaches

Study explored the utility of metagenomic next-generation sequencing alignment methods to identify bacterial populations with antibiotic resistance.

13 Jul 2023

Research finds bacteria in kitchens to be mostly harmless

Bacteria found in 74 kitchens spread among 5 European countries were mostly harmless according to new research published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

11 Jul 2023

The relationship between the burden of antibiotic resistance in humans and community access to drinking water and sanitation

Researchers determined the link between improved access to sanitation and better water quality and the human intestines' antibiotic resistance gene frequency.

5 Jul 2023

Trends in the prevalence of hospital-associated infections caused by high-priority pathogens

Researchers explored the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant hospital-associated infections worldwide.

19 Jun 2023

Cross-country culinary microbes: Uncovering a shared kitchen microbiota across European homes

Microbial diversity in residential kitchens across five European countries was examined, revealing common bacterial genera/families and their distribution on cleaning utensils and kitchen surfaces. The study highlights variations in microbial composition by country, object type, and cleaning utensil material.

4 Jun 2023

Scientists use AI to identify new antibiotic that could fight drug-resistant infections

Using an artificial intelligence algorithm, researchers at MIT and McMaster University have identified a new antibiotic that can kill a type of bacteria that is responsible for many drug-resistant infections.

25 May 2023

Long-ignored antibiotic could help fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria

"The end of modern medicine as we know it." That's how the then-director general of the World Health Organization characterized the creeping problem of antimicrobial resistance in 2012.

16 May 2023

Researchers discover how the A. baumannii can survive harsh environments

The deadly hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can live for a year on a hospital wall without food and water. Then, when it infects a vulnerable patient, it resists antibiotics as well as the body's built-in infection-fighting response.

16 May 2023

New compound with antibacterial activity shows promising results within one hour in laboratory trials

Resistance to antibiotics is a problem that alarms the medical and scientific community. Bacteria resistant to three different classes of antibiotics, known as multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, are far from rare.

15 May 2023

Breast milk microbes shape infant gut health

Research investigates the association between the microbial communities in human milk and infant gut. The study found that milk microbial communities have a long-term effect on the infant gut microbiome both through sharing of microbes and other molecular mechanisms.

9 May 2023

Acinetobacter News and Research

Could next-generation antimicrobial agents act as an alternative to standard antibiotics?

Turning fish waste into cancer fighters: How abalone viscera peptides could be the next big thing in medicine

The gut microbiome of critically ill individuals and its modification by immunonutrition and probiotics

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

NIAID awards $13.7 million grant to investigate multidrug resistant organisms in nursing homes

Study offers a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and fungal alterations in COVID-19

Detection of antibiotic resistance genes in clinical samples through bioinformatic approaches

Research finds bacteria in kitchens to be mostly harmless

The relationship between the burden of antibiotic resistance in humans and community access to drinking water and sanitation

Trends in the prevalence of hospital-associated infections caused by high-priority pathogens

Cross-country culinary microbes: Uncovering a shared kitchen microbiota across European homes

Scientists use AI to identify new antibiotic that could fight drug-resistant infections

Long-ignored antibiotic could help fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria

Researchers discover how the A. baumannii can survive harsh environments

New compound with antibacterial activity shows promising results within one hour in laboratory trials

Breast milk microbes shape infant gut health

Researchers call for urgent measures to prevent hospitals from becoming infected with CRAB bacteria

Study reveals alarming global burden of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial infections

New drug could effectively disarm multidrug-resistant bacteria

Global antimicrobial resistance: socioeconomic factors play an underappreciated role in the spread

Arrayed CRISPR Screening for Revolutionizing Target Discovery

Innovations in baculovirus–insect cell expression systems

Compound Management and its Crucial Role in Early Pharmaceutical Research

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