News tagged with antibiotic resistant bacterial infections
Rapid identification of superbugs and new drugs to combat them
(Phys.org) -- Synthetic biology is playing a key role in creating new tools for rapid detection of potentially fatal bacterial infections such as E. coli and allowing scientists to create novel molecules that may provide ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Mighty mesh: Extracellular matrix identified as source of spreading in biofilms
New research at Harvard explains how bacterial biofilms expand to form slimy mats on teeth, pipes, surgical instruments, and crops.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Australian honey proves to be a powerful anti-bacterial treatment
Honey sourced from an Australian native myrtle tree has been found to have the most powerful anti-bacterial properties of any honey in the world and could be used to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Researchers unzip MRSA and discover route for vaccine
University of Rochester Medical Center orthopaedic scientists are a step closer to developing a vaccine to prevent life-threatening methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections following bone and joint surgery.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 16, 2011 |
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Researchers find compound effective in destroying antibiotic-resistant biofilms
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a chemical compound that, when used in conjunction with conventional antibiotics, is effective in destroying biofilms produced by antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Researchers take early step towards devising new antibiotics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have made the first step towards creating a new class of antibiotics in a study published last night in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Aerosolized nanoparticles show promise for delivering antibiotic treatment
Aerosol delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles may provide a means to improve drug delivery and increase patient compliance, thus reducing the severity of individual illnesses, the spread of epidemics, and possibly even ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 19, 2009 |
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Blue light destroys antibiotic-resistant staph infection
Two common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, were virtually eradicated in the laboratory by exposing them to a wavelength of blue light, in a process called photo-irradiation that i ...
Jan 29, 2009 |
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