News tagged with antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
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Garlic constituent blocks biofilm formation, could benefit CF patients and others
E Pluribus Unum, the motto of the United States, could just as well apply to biofilm-forming bacteria. Bacterial biofilms are far more resistant than individual bacteria to the armories of antibiotics we have devised to combat ...
May 22, 2012 |
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Cholesterol boosts antibiotic resistance in H. pylori
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests that cholesterol boosts resistance in Helicobacter pylori both to many antibiotics and to the endogenous antimicrobial peptide, LL-37. A complete understanding of the pathway of cholesterol ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Antibiotics cure anthrax in animal models
In the absence of early antibiotic treatment, respiratory anthrax is fatal. The 2001 bioterrorism attacks in the US killed four people, out of 22 infected (10 of them with respiratory anthrax), despite massive antibiotic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Antibiotics disrupt gut ecology, metabolism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans carry several pounds of microbes in our gastro-intestinal tracts. Recent research suggests that this microbial ecosystem plays a variety of critical roles in our health. Now, working in a mouse model, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 20, 2011 |
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A powerful new technology to identify HIV inhibitors
Providing long-term HIV treatment for over 33 million infected individuals worldwide requires the continuous development of new HIV therapies. Virologists at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen have developed a cell-based assay ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Engineered bacterium churns out two new key antibiotics
(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years, scientists have isolated two potent natural antibiotics — platensimycin and platencin — that are highly effective against bacterial infection, including those caused by the most dreaded drug-resistant ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Nanoemulsion potent against superbugs that kill cystic fibrosis patients
University of Michigan scientists report highly encouraging evidence that a super-fine oil-and-water emulsion, already shown to kill many other microbes, may be able to quell the ravaging, often drug-resistant ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 04, 2009 |
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