“This method makes antibiotics more potent, so hopefully it would reduce the mutant selection window,” Bryndilsen said. As public health officials sound the alarm about the globa... Read more
A terrible future could be on the horizon, a future which rips one of the greatest tools of medicine out of the hands of doctors. A simple cut to your finger could leave you fighting for you... Read more
Antibiotic resistance poses far more serious threat to human health, claims ethicist Governments around the world should stop squandering resources fighting an “unwinnable war” against illeg... Read more
Material could be used in fabrics and water purification Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have discovered an antibacterial polymer that can be used in everyday products such... Read more
The increasing production and use of antibiotics, about half of which is used in animal production, is mirrored by the growing number of antibiotic resistance genes, or ARGs, effectively red... Read more
A new study has found evidence that antibiotic-resistant genes have escaped biology labs into the environment. A team of Chinese scientists found the man-made genes in all six Chinese rivers... Read more
Multidrug-resistant organisms are showing up in top-flight hospitals I hope you never have this experience: a loved one is hospitalized. Her doctors tell you her infection is resistant to an... Read more
Bacterial medicine is starting to emerge ONE of the crucial transitions of modern health care was from herbal to chemical medicine. Doctors had known for millennia that willow bark and poppy... Read more
Their improved compound removes the bacteria’s antibiotic resistance Researchers from North Carolina State University have increased the potency of a compound that reactivates antibiotics ag... Read more
Responding to an urgent need for better antibacterial coatings on surgical sutures, scientists are reporting the discovery of a new coating that is almost 1,000 times more effective than the... Read more
100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics Researchers at Washington State University have found that a compound in garlic is 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics... Read more
Could mean good news in the battle against superbugs Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in one of the deepest, most isolated caves in the world could mean good news in the battle against su... Read more
A New Zealand designed separator that can significantly increase honey extraction efficiency A New Zealand designed separator that can significantly increase honey extraction efficiency, whi... Read more
Solving Mystery of How Sulfa Drugs Kill Bacteria Yields 21st Century Drug Development Target St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered a key enzyme struct... Read more
A New UCSF Study Shows Same Result Can Be Achieved with Half the Antibiotics A UCSF study shows a popular treatment for a potentially blinding eye infection is just as effective if gi... Read more
