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Antibiotics are drugs used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other microorganisms.

Rice University bioscientists use CRISPR to activate “silent” bacterium genes

In the quest for antibiotics to address the increasing issue of resistance in disease treatment, silence may be the best policy.

14 Jul 2022

Review: Emergence and detection of antibiotic resistance in bioaerosols

While there are many studies that discuss antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in soil and water environments, there is currently very little research that focuses on ARG in aerial environments. In a recent review, researchers from South Korea have analyzed current research trends regarding ARG in bioaerosols, including their sources, methods of detection, and implications for the future.

1 Jul 2022

Study shows how mitochondrial RNA changes enhance invasive growth of cancer cells

The energy centers of cells and mitochondria have their own genetic material and RNA molecules.

1 Jul 2022

Genetic mutations allow great development of TB-causing bacteria

According to a study published today in eLife, scientists found how the bacterium that induces tuberculosis (TB) could quickly adapt in response to new environments.

27 Jun 2022

Researchers discover a way for detecting resistance-encoding genes in bacteria

Chalmers University of Technology researchers have devised a method for detecting certain bacterial genes that encode resistance using conventional microscopes, which are already used to diagnose TB in low-income countries.

27 Jun 2022

Researchers reveal how blood serum impacts the survival and metabolism of bacteria

In hospitals, the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria can be transported from the skin or nasal cavity into open wounds and, possibly, the bloodstream, posing a fatal hazard. Staph infections killed over 20,000 Americans in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

20 Jun 2022

Plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics

Plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics, according to a new student-led study conducted in collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

20 Jun 2022

Scientists restructure the genome of E. coli using fragments extracted from mummy

An international group led by McMaster University researchers, in partnership with the University of Paris Cité, has recognized and reconfigured the first ancient genome of E. coli using fragments derived from a 16th-century mummy’s gallstone.

17 Jun 2022

Novel insights into how some bacteria evade antibiotics

Scientists have revealed how antibiotics can regress certain fast-growing bacteria. The research was published in the journal eLife on June 8th, 2022.

8 Jun 2022

Research findings provide clues on the properties that might have made A. baumannii a successful pathogen

Over 670,000 people in Europe become ill each year as a result of pathogenic bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, and 33,000 people die as a result of the diseases they cause. Pathogens that are resistant to multiple antibiotics at the same time are particularly dangerous.

6 Jun 2022

Researchers discover distinctive antibacterial therapy that uses visible light-activated synthetic molecular machine

Infectious-bacteria-killing molecular machines have been persuaded to reconsider their goal.

2 Jun 2022

Study discovers new antibiotics effective against drug-resistant tuberculosis

Every year, 1.5 million people die from infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antibiotics are available to treat tuberculosis, but the bacteria has evolved multi-drug resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR), and fully drug-resistant (TDR) strains in recent years.

1 Jun 2022

Research shows how current drugs impact bacterial physiology

Tuberculosis is a stubborn disease caused by even more stubborn bacteria. While many bacterial infections clear up within days of taking antibiotics, TB can take up to six months to clear up and, in some cases, never leave the human body. In 2020, it claimed 1.5 million lives, second only to COVID-19 in terms of infectious disease deaths.

1 Jun 2022

Damaged liver treated in perfusion machine for three days and then implanted into a cancer patient

The multidisciplinary Zurich research team Liver4Life has succeeded in doing something during a treatment attempt that had never been achieved in the history of medicine until now: it treated an originally damaged human liver in a machine for three days outside a body and then implanted the recovered organ into a cancer patient.

1 Jun 2022

Type I interferon may activate a potent immune response against harmful viruses

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered not only how specific viral infections potentially cause tissue damage, but also how to prevent it.

23 May 2022

Immune-boosting drugs with antibiotics may reduce the health risks of fungal infections

Patients are more susceptible to fungal infections because the immune system in the gut is disrupted when patients are given antibiotics in the hospital.

18 May 2022

Scientists detect rare genetic signs of drug-resistant tuberculosis with the aim to stop disease progression

Many people believe tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of the past. Nonetheless, it claims over a million lives each year. Furthermore, the problem is escalating as Mycobacterium tuberculosis—the pathogen that causes tuberculosis develops resistance to the antibiotics used to treat the disease.

12 May 2022

Researchers highlight a phage-antibiotic combo against antibiotic-resistant superbug

A preclinical study performed by Monash University researchers discovered that utilizing a combination of phages and antibiotics to treat bacterial infections may be considerably more successful than using the drugs separately.

12 May 2022

Study addresses genetic diversity of Clostridioides difficile using systems biology technique

Researchers from Jacobs School of Engineering and the University of California San Diego School of Medicine collaborated with colleagues from Baylor College of Medicine to decode the genetic diversity of Clostridioides difficile, an especially dangerous pathogen in healthcare settings, using a systems biology technique.

29 Apr 2022

Encapsulated peptide could provide a new approach to fighting bacterial infections

Antibiotic-resistant hospital pathogens are not to be underestimated as a health risk. A research team has now introduced a new approach for treating multiple-drug resistant Staphylococcus in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

21 Apr 2022

Antibiotic News and Research

Rice University bioscientists use CRISPR to activate “silent” bacterium genes

Review: Emergence and detection of antibiotic resistance in bioaerosols

Study shows how mitochondrial RNA changes enhance invasive growth of cancer cells

Genetic mutations allow great development of TB-causing bacteria

Researchers discover a way for detecting resistance-encoding genes in bacteria

Researchers reveal how blood serum impacts the survival and metabolism of bacteria

Plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics

Scientists restructure the genome of E. coli using fragments extracted from mummy

Novel insights into how some bacteria evade antibiotics

Research findings provide clues on the properties that might have made A. baumannii a successful pathogen

Researchers discover distinctive antibacterial therapy that uses visible light-activated synthetic molecular machine

Study discovers new antibiotics effective against drug-resistant tuberculosis

Research shows how current drugs impact bacterial physiology

Damaged liver treated in perfusion machine for three days and then implanted into a cancer patient

Type I interferon may activate a potent immune response against harmful viruses

Immune-boosting drugs with antibiotics may reduce the health risks of fungal infections

Scientists detect rare genetic signs of drug-resistant tuberculosis with the aim to stop disease progression

Researchers highlight a phage-antibiotic combo against antibiotic-resistant superbug

Study addresses genetic diversity of Clostridioides difficile using systems biology technique

Encapsulated peptide could provide a new approach to fighting bacterial infections

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