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Antibiotic Resistance

Entry Point for Curbing the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Discovered

June 25, 2020
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Cologne, Germany — The team of Professor Tobias Bollenbach from the Institute for Biological Physics at the University of Cologne has published a study on a new approach to improving the effectiveness...

Antibiotic Exposure can ‘Prime’ Single-Resistant Bacteria to Become Multidrug-Resistant

April 28, 2020
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Seattle, WA — Antibiotics save lives — but using them also helps antibiotic-resistant strains evolve and spread. Each year, antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect some 2.8 million people in the...

One Quarter of Bacterial Pathogens Can Spread Antibiotic Resistance Directly to Peers, Study Finds

January 29, 2020
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Durham, NC — Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that at least 25 percent of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria found in clinical settings are capable of spreading their...

Researchers Discover New Strategy in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

January 15, 2020
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Leuven, Belgium — Bioscience engineers from KU Leuven in Belgium have developed a new antibacterial strategy that weakens bacteria by preventing them from cooperating. Unlike with antibiotics, there...

Bacteria-Shredding Tech to Fight Drug-Resistant Superbugs

January 14, 2020
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Melbourne, Australia — Researchers have used liquid metals to develop new bacteria-destroying technology that could be the answer to the deadly problem of antibiotic resistance. The technology uses...

Scientists Discover Novel Method to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

December 12, 2019
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Karnataka, India — We humans are constantly battling with bacteria and other microbes. In this war against the microbial world, we added antibiotics our arsenal in the early 1920s. Suddenly, fighting...

New Insight on How Bacteria Evolve Drug Resistance Could Lead to Improved Antibiotic Therapies

October 30, 2019
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Cambridge, UK — Researchers have provided new insight into a mechanism behind the evolution of antibiotic resistance in a type of bacterium that causes severe infections in humans. Their findings...

Green Tea could Hold Key to Reducing Antibiotic Resistance

September 23, 2019
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Guildford, UK — Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic resistant bacteria. The study, published...

Scientists Find Powerful Potential Weapon to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance

August 15, 2019
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Chapel Hill, NC — Staphylococcus aureusbacteria are a major cause of serious infections that often persist despite antibiotic treatment, but scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have now discovered...

Superbug Virulence Regulatory Mechanism Revealed: Pave Ways for Developing New Antibiotics

July 3, 2019
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Hong Kong, China — As antibiotic resistance is growing and posing a threat on public health, developing new antibiotics has become more urgent than ever. Researchers at City University of Hong Kong...

New Non-Antibiotic Strategy for the Treatment of Bacterial Meningitis

April 10, 2019
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Lund, Sweden — With the increasing threat of antibiotic resistance, there is a growing need for new treatment strategies against life threatening bacterial infections. Researchers at Lund University...

Specialist Enzymes Make E. Coli Antibiotic Resistant at Low pH

April 9, 2019
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St. Louis, MO — Scientists long puzzled over why bacteria contain so many “redundant” enzymes. Why make several molecules that do the same job, interchangeably, when it would be much more...

Testing How Well Water Disinfectants Damage Antibiotic Resistance Genes

April 8, 2019
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Seattle, WA — Each year at least 2 million Americans are infected with bacteria that cannot be treated with antibiotics, and at least 23,000 of these people die, according to the Centers for Disease...

Novel Strategy Fights Back Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance

April 2, 2019
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Houston, TX — A new strategy to combat antibiotic resistance has emerged from a study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. Published in the journal Molecular Cell, the report reveals for...

Bacteria Bide Their Time When Antibiotics Attack

March 21, 2019
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Houston, TX — If an antibiotic doesn’t kill all the bacteria that infects a patient, the surviving bugs may be particularly adept at timing their resurgence. Theoretical scientists at Rice...

Novel Potent Antimicrobial from Thermophilic Bacterium

March 12, 2019
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Groningen, Netherlands — University of Groningen microbiologists and their colleagues from Lithuania have discovered a new glycocin, a small antimicrobial peptide with a sugar group attached, which...

New Mechanism Used by Bacteria to Evade Antibiotics Discovered

March 8, 2019
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La Jolla, CA — As bacteria continue to demonstrate powerful resilience to antibiotic treatments–posing a rising public health crisis involving a variety of infections–scientists continue...

New Chemical Probes Advance Search for New Antibiotics

March 4, 2019
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Bloomington, IN — Indiana University researchers are advancing knowledge about how bacteria build their cell walls that could contribute to the search for new antibacterial drugs. They have created...

Understanding Antibiotic Resistance in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

September 27, 2018
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Washington, DC — A defective gene causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). There, it traps bacteria, causing patients to develop frequent lung infections...

Chaos-Inducing Genetic Approach Stymies Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

September 3, 2018
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Boulder, CO — A genetic disruption strategy developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers effectively stymies the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as E. coli, giving scientists...

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