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16 Breaks tagged with antimicrobial resistance
Antibiotics are the cornerstone of modern medicine, but their effectiveness is threatened by the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. Recent research has...
High-frequency touched surfaces in public settings in London were found to have multidrug-resistant staphylococci. They pose a risk to public health as they...
Growing concerns over the use of synthetic pesticides in agriculture have sparked a renewed interest in natural alternatives. Our work revisits a formerly...
The rapid worldwide rise in bacterial resistance to existing commercial antibiotics is a looming health crisis. Indeed, by the middle of the century, some...
Due to the increase in antimicrobial resistance in pathogens, currently used antibiotics are becoming ineffective. Thus, new antibiotics need to be discovered....
When we take antibiotics during a bacterial infection, most of the invading bacteria will be killed. This eases the pressure on our immune system, allowing it...
New antibiotics are needed to treat infections caused by bacteria that can no longer be killed by current drugs. We have improved an existing antibiotic by...
Social bacteria growing in microbial communities cheat their resistant neighbors and survive antibiotic treatment. Understanding the social lifestyles of...
Various factors including “just in case” use of antibiotics can affect the microbiome of babies, and that can sabotage their immune system.
Imagine that a super-computer integrated multitudes of biological data and predicted that a certain 10-way drug combination will have synergy. Traditional...
C. difficile poses a huge threat to human health, but the friendly bacteria of the gut provide us with a natural resistance to infection. By reprogramming...
The current study highlights the effect of a meningococcal vaccine on gonorrhoea, a disease caused by a superbug that has evaded vaccine development for over...
