News tagged with antimicrobial drug
Antibiotic resistant bacteria proliferate in agricultural soils
Infectious diseases kill roughly 13 million people worldwide, annually, a toll that continues to rise, aided and abetted by resistance genes. Now a study, published in the March Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy finds ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Arctic evolution leads to salmonella vaccine
Bacteria harvested from the frigid waters of the Arctic could be the key to a new type of temperature-sensitive vaccine. University of Victoria microbiology researcher Dr. Francis Nano has received Genome BC Proof-of-Concept ...
Mar 05, 2012 |
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FDA limits some antibiotics in livestock
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered farmers to limit the use of a type of antibiotics they give livestock because it could make people more resistant to a key antibiotic that can save lives, encouraging ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Antibiotics in swine feed encourage gene exchange
A study to be published in the online journal mBio on November 29 shows that adding antibiotics to swine feed causes microorganisms in the guts of these animals to start sharing genes that could spread antibiotic resistance.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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How biological capsules respond under stress
Cosmetics and pharmaceutical drug delivery systems could be improved thanks to a new method developed to precisely measure the capability of capsule-like biological membranes to change shape under external stress. This work ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Australian mammals take on antibiotic-resistant bugs
The Australian wallaby and platypus could turn out to be key weapons in fighting the growing health threat of multidrug-resistant bacteria, a team involving University of Sydney researchers has discovered.
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Scientists find genes to beat MRSA defence system
Efforts to develop better and stronger treatments against diseases continue in Europe, with particular emphasis being placed on fighting human pathogens and strains resistant to existing treatments. Scientists ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Scientists develop a fatty 'kryptonite' to defeat multidrug-resistant 'Super bugs'
"Super bugs," which can cause wide-spread disease and may be resistant to most, if not all, conventional antibiotics, still have their weaknesses. A team of Canadian scientists discovered that specific mixtures of antimicrobial ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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How microbes take out the trash
(PhysOrg.com) -- The molecular machinery bacteria use to rid themselves of toxic substances including antimicrobial drugs has been studied in detail by a UA-led team of researchers. A better understanding ...
May 10, 2011 |
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Unlocking bacteria's survival aid
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have worked out how to control a protective mechanism found in many bacteria that helps them grow and stay alive.
Dec 03, 2010 |
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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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Superbugs top focus of leading microbiology meet
Serious public health risks due to a lack of new antibiotics at a time of rising antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" will be the main focus of a top microbiology conference in Boston that starts Sunday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 11, 2010 |
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New microneedle antimicrobial techniques may foster medical tech innovation
A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has developed two new approaches for incorporating antimicrobial properties into microneedles - vanishingly thin needles that hold great promise ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 19, 2010 |
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How the parasite responsible for severe forms of malaria can resist a major antimalarial agent
French esearchers from CNRS, INSERM and Toulouse University Hospital have demonstrated how the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which causes severe forms of malaria, is able to circumvent the action of artemisinin ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 05, 2010 |
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Antimicrobial treatment for buruli ulcer is effective in early, limited disease
New research shows that two different antimicrobial regimens for treating buruli ulcer (Mycobacteriu M ulcerans infection) are effective at treating early, limited disease. This is the conclusion of an Article published Online ...
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Feb 03, 2010 |
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