News tagged with antibacterial

Pharmaceutical conservation key to slowing rise of antibiotic-resistant infections

The United States must focus on conserving the use of antibacterial drugs, or face a public health crisis from rapidly rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to an analysis out today.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Honey as an antibiotic: Scientists identify a secret ingredient in honey that kills bacteria

Sweet news for those looking for new antibiotics: A new research published in the July 2010 print edition of the FASEB Journal explains for the first time how honey kills bacteria. Specifically, the research shows that b ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wild sharks, redfish harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Scientists have found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in seven species of sharks and redfish captured in waters off Belize, Florida, Louisiana and Massachusetts. Most of these wild, free-swimming fish harbored ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Antibacterial silver nanoparticles are a blast

Writing in the International Journal of Nanoparticles, Rani Pattabi and colleagues at Mangalore University, explain how blasting silver nitrate solution with an electron beam can generate nanoparticles that are more effect ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Study finds rising levels of dioxins from common soap ingredient in Mississippi River

Specific dioxins derived from the antibacterial agent triclosan, used in many hand soaps, deodorants, dishwashing liquids and other consumer products, account for an increasing proportion of total dioxins ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Smart' wound dressings could identify and destroy infection-causing bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although bacterial infection as a clinical problem was reportedly defeated with the widespread use of antibiotics in the 1950s, its re-emergence over the last few decades has persuaded researchers ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Mineral studies advance antibacterial alternatives

Alternative approaches to medicine are stock-in-trade in the ASU laboratory of microbiologist Shelley Haydel. So when ASU senior Jenny Koehl joined Haydel's investigative team seeking firsthand knowledge of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

2 heads better than 1 in new antibiotic method

An antibiotic that binds to a well-established target in a novel and unexpected way could be the inspiration for designing new, more potent antibacterial drugs.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fabrics that fight germs, find explosives go to market

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Cornell researchers have launched iFyber LLC, which markets fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New antibiotics could come from a DNA binding compound that kills bacteria in 2 minutes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A synthetic DNA binding compound has proved surprisingly effective at binding to the DNA of bacteria and killing all the bacteria it touched within two minutes. The DNA binding properties of the compound ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 9

Antibacterial plaster could put a clean sheen on walls

Scientists in China are reporting development and testing of new self-sanitizing plaster with more powerful antibacterial effects than penicillin. The material could be used in wall coatings, paints, art works and other products. ...

Chemistry /

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New family of antibacterial agents uncovered

As bacteria resistant to commonly used antibiotics continue to increase in number, scientists keep searching for new sources of drugs. In this week's JBC, one potential new bactericide has been found in the tiny freshwater animal ...

Biology /

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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