by Andre Hudson, The Conversation Bacteria can gain resistance via infection from a virus (transduction), picking it up from the environment (transformation) or direct transfer from other bacteria (conjugation). Credit: 2013MMG320B/Wikimedia Commons Antibiotic resistance poses one of the most important health challenges of the 21st century. And time has already run out to stop its dire consequences....
By Michael Irving March 11, 2021 IBM has created an AI system that can find new antibiotic candidates quickly, to help fight the rising superbug threatphodopus/Depositphotos Hiding behind the current COVID-19 pandemic, another serious public health threat is looming – the rise of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.” New antibiotics are needed to help turn the tide, but developing them...
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of global antibiotic resistance. University of Queensland researchers, working with a network of international collaborators, have discovered 23 previously unexplored compounds containing metals such as silver, manganese, zinc, ruthenium and iridium that have antibacterial...
