News tagged with antibiotic tetracycline

Triple threat: One bacterium, three plasmids

Researchers from Australia found something completely new while conducting a genetic study of the pathogenesis of an enteric disease in birds. They report what is believed to be the first bacterial strain to carry three closely ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E. coli bacteria more likely to develop resistance after exposure to low levels of antibiotics

E. coli bacteria exposed to three common antibiotics were more likely to develop antibiotic resistance following low-level antibiotic exposure than after exposure to high concentrations that would kill the ba ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Grass Shows Promise for Removing Antibiotics from Water

(PhysOrg.com) -- What goes in must come out, and when animals are given antibiotics, they can find their way into the water supply. Now, a Michigan Tech senior has identified one way to sop them up.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers identify drug candidate for treating spinal muscular atrophy

A chemical cousin of the common antibiotic tetracycline might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a currently incurable disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. This is the finding of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0