Antibiotic resistance makes our medicine useless against common bacterial infections. This is a dangerous situation, which leads to increased doses of common antibiotics. Scientists are looking for new medicine and even ways for introducing genetic mutations to bacteria to reduce their resistance. But an international team of researchers have a different alternative solution – existing...
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‘Fortunate accident’ may yield immunity weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Credit: NIAID In what turned out to be one of the most important accidents of all time, Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming returned to his laboratory after a vacation in 1928 to find a clear zone surrounding a piece of mold that had...
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Scientists turned toxic pesticide into treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
IMMANUEL KANT BALTIC FEDERAL UNIVERSITY N-Aryl-C-nitroazoles are an important class of heterocyclic compounds. They are used as pesticides and fungicides. However, these substances could be toxic to humans and cause mutations. As they are not frequently used, there is little data about them in the medicinal chemistry literature. However, it has been suggested recently that...
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New device offers faster way to detect antibiotic-resistant bacteria
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY IMAGE: SEOKHEUN “SEAN ” CHOI, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, HAS DEVELOPED A NEW DEVICE FOR FASTER TESTING OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA. v CREDIT: SEOKHEUN “SEAN ” CHOI BINGHAMTON, NY — Bacterial infections have become one of the biggest health problems worldwide, and a recent study shows that COVID-19 patients have a much...
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Potential treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing gonorrhea and meningitis
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE – INRS IMAGE: INRS PROFESSORS FRÉDÉRIC VEYRIER, SPECIALIST IN BACTERIOLOGY, AND ANNIE CASTONGUAY, SPECIALIST IN BIOORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, WITH THE PH.D STUDENT EVE BERNET, FIRST AUTHOR OF THE STUDY. A team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has demonstrated the effectiveness of an inexpensive molecule to fight antibiotic-resistant strains...
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High levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on equipment in communal gyms
Washington, DC – July 24, 2020 – Research presented at ASM Microbe Online found that 43% of Staphylococcus bacteria found on exercise equipment in university gyms were ampicillin-resistant, with 73% of those isolates being resistant to multiple additional drugs. The late Xin Fan, Ph.D., and her student Chase A. Weikel of West Chester University (WCU)...
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An Irish folk medicine can stop antibiotic resistant bacteria
By Nina Pullano In hospitals, in our food, and even in the ocean, antibiotic resistance is a problem scientists are hurrying to address. Researchers discovered one potential solution to the crisis — and it’s more old-school than you might think. Alkaline soil from the Boho Highlands of Northern Ireland contains a new strain of bacteria...
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Test reveals antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a half hour
A visualization of how the antibiotic resistance test works. The discovery of antibiotics in the early part of the 20th century changed modern medicine. Simple infections that previously killed people became easy to treat. Antibiotics’ ability to stave off infections made possible routine surgeries, organ transplants, and chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer. But...
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A new treatment for antibiotic resistant bacteria and infectious disease
A study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, describes a new treatment pathway for antibiotic resistant bacteria and infectious diseases with benefits for patients and health care providers. Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Newcastle University found that the unusual approach of removing antibodies from the blood stream reduced the effects of...