by Hayley Jarvis, Brunel University Credit: Brunel University Sugar substitutes found in many supermarket foods have been shown to kill off antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause pneumonia and sepsis. Three artificial sweeteners used in products such as diet drinks, yogurts and desserts dramatically halt the growth of multidrug-resistant priority pathogens. The additives not only disable bacteria...
by University of Calgary Credit: CC0 Public Domain University of Calgary researchers have shown that the antibiotic D-Cycloserine (DCS) increases the effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for people with major depressive disorder (MDD). TMS is a non-invasive, well-recognized therapy for people who have treatment resistant depression. Even so, it doesn’t work for everyone. Researchers...
by Osaka Metropolitan University Examinations of human C9orf72 gene-expressing mice show that intranasal rifampicin administration significantly inhibits the formation of RNA foci, DPR inclusions, and TDP-43 inclusions, thereby improving the mice’s cognitive functions. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University What did Stephen Hawking and Mao Zedong have in common? They both suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),...
UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE The results make it possible to expand the treatment options for infections for which few alternatives exist, while at the same time helping to avoid increasing resistance to the usual drugs. To this end, the study looked at the safety and efficacy of intravenous fosfomycin, an old “forgotten” antibiotic, as a possible...
Pneumonia (sometimes called chest infection) is a fairly common illness, especially for small children. It is commonly treated with the antibiotic drug amoxicillin and usually ends without complications. However, doctors haven’t been completely sure about the duration of antibiotic treatment and what dose should be used. A new CAP-IT trial led by UCL researchers found...
By Ben Coxworth November 04, 2021 Postdoctoral researcher Abdelrhman Mohamed (right) observes as graduate student Gretchen Tibbitts uses an electronic probe to measure bacterial electrochemical signals Washington State University If a patient is infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, it’s crucial that doctors are aware of the fact as soon as possible. There’s where a recently-developed test...
As antibiotics increasingly develop resistance to bacteria that cause infection, scientists have moved a step closer to harnessing viruses as an alternative form of therapy. Phage therapy is the concept of using viruses (known as phage) to kill bacteria, instead of using antibiotics. A growing number of infections, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea, and salmonellosis, are...
by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute A common antibiotic has been found to reduce low birth weight and premature births, if taken during pregnancy, in countries where malaria is endemic, according to a research review. Credit: Atharva Whaval A common antibiotic has been found to reduce low birth weight and premature births, if taken during pregnancy, in...
BY CONN HASTINGS MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH Researchers at University of British Columbia Okanagan campus have developed an inexpensive and portable microwave sensor that can rapidly detect changes in bacterial growth to assess antibiotic susceptibility. Using a split ring microwave resonator, the device can very sensitively measure bacterial growth in the presence of different concentrations of an antibiotic...
MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY Research has found fidaxomicin, an antibiotic usually used to treat bowel infections, prevents growth of resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) in the lab. Published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, the research found that fidaxomicin was more effective than existing tuberculosis (TB) medication at preventing growth of the bacterium that causes TB. Researchers compared the activity of...
