Scientists at McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used artificial intelligence to discover a new antibiotic that could be used to fight a deadly, drug-resistant pathogen that strikes vulnerable ...
Biochemistry
May 25, 2023
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Plants engineered to produce therapeutic peptides could provide a cost-effective and sustainable platform for manufacturing drugs.
Cell & Microbiology
May 10, 2023
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A new type of drug could provide a way to treat multidrug-resistant bacteria, according to a study published in Nature Communications. Instead of targeting the bacteria directly, the drug blocks key toxins involved in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 18, 2023
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Evidence that multidrug-resistant bacteria are being passed between pet cats and dogs and their owners will be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2023
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New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark, (April 15-18) has identified several gold-based compounds with the potential to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2023
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University of Otago researchers have discovered new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB), opening the door to new approaches for tackling the disease that kills about 4,000 people a day.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 6, 2023
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Researchers at Simon Fraser University are studying the genes of superbugs to aid the development of new and effective treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections. Superbugs are characterized as infection-causing bacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 5, 2023
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In the United States alone, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi infect almost 3 million people per year and kill about 35,000. Antibiotics are essential and effective, but in recent years overuse has led to some bacteria developing ...
Biochemistry
Apr 4, 2023
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In a study published in Frontiers in Microbiology, a cooperative research group from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Jilin University proposed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2023
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Hokkaido University researchers have developed a novel method to design and develop peptide antibiotics in large numbers, which will prove critical to controlling antibiotic resistance.
Biochemistry
Feb 8, 2023
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