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

Study: Bacterial cells from different species can combine into unique hybrid cells

Like humans, bacteria live together in communities, sometimes lending a hand -- or in the case of bacteria, a metabolite or two -- to help their neighbors thrive.

3 Sep 2020

Researchers describe new approach involving "antivitamins" to develop new antibiotics

Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of modern medicine and have saved millions of lives since the discovery of penicillin almost 100 years ago.

25 Aug 2020

Each person's gut has a unique viral 'fingerprint'

Each person's gut virus composition is as unique as a fingerprint, according to the first study to assemble a comprehensive database of viral populations in the human digestive system.

25 Aug 2020

Researchers find associations of lifelong antimicrobial drug use with saliva microbiota diversity

The human microbiota plays an important role in health and well-being by assisting in digestion, producing nutrients, resisting invading pathogens and regulating metabolism and the immune system.

25 Aug 2020

New discovery offers hope for people at risk of antibiotic-resistant infections

There is new hope for approximately 700,000 people who die each year from antibiotic resistant infections, with University of Queensland researchers discovering how bacteria share antibiotic-resistance genes.

18 Aug 2020

Sustainable biotechnological production of coral antibiotic

Thomas Brück saw the sea whip Antillogorgia elisabethae for the first time 17 years ago while diving on a research trip to the Bahamas.

18 Aug 2020

New research suggests pollution is also a cause for antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is an increasing health problem, but new research suggests it is not only caused by the overuse of antibiotics. It's also caused by pollution.

From University of Georgia 14 Aug 2020

New method reverses antibiotic resistance in certain bacteria

Scientists have identified a novel method in which hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is used to reverse antibiotic resistance in certain bacteria.

13 Aug 2020

Researchers identify metabolically responsive “switch” that reduces tumor growth

According to a study the enzyme called serine palmitoyl-transferase can be utilized as a metabolically responsive “switch” that reduces the growth of tumor.

13 Aug 2020

Researchers develop new drugs to eradicate parasitic worms

In this breakthrough method, parasitic worms are prevented from using alternative metabolism routes offered by microbes living inside them.

12 Aug 2020

Researchers use genome editing to facilitate drug discovery based on natural fungus

Rice University scientists have won federal support for their pursuit of novel drugs to treat human disease.

11 Aug 2020

Test pinpoints which people with gonorrhea can be treated with ciprofloxacin

A test designed by UCLA researchers can pinpoint which people with gonorrhea will respond successfully to the inexpensive oral antibiotic ciprofloxacin, which had previously been sidelined over concerns the bacterium that causes the infection was becoming resistant to it.

10 Aug 2020

Synthetic peptide makes multidrug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a synthetic peptide that can make multidrug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics again when used together with traditional antibiotics, offering hope for the prospect of a combination treatment strategy to tackle certain antibiotic-tolerant infections.

7 Aug 2020

Antibiotic News and Research

Study: Bacterial cells from different species can combine into unique hybrid cells

Researchers describe new approach involving "antivitamins" to develop new antibiotics

Each person's gut has a unique viral 'fingerprint'

Researchers find associations of lifelong antimicrobial drug use with saliva microbiota diversity

New discovery offers hope for people at risk of antibiotic-resistant infections

Sustainable biotechnological production of coral antibiotic

New research suggests pollution is also a cause for antibiotic resistance

New method reverses antibiotic resistance in certain bacteria

Researchers identify metabolically responsive “switch” that reduces tumor growth

Researchers develop new drugs to eradicate parasitic worms

Researchers use genome editing to facilitate drug discovery based on natural fungus

Test pinpoints which people with gonorrhea can be treated with ciprofloxacin

Synthetic peptide makes multidrug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics

A New Way of Killing Tuberculosis

New algorithm can decolonize harmful gut bacteria

High-resolution imaging reveals how phages can attack and kill bacterial superbugs

Researchers show efficacy of phage cocktail therapy on wound infections

Gym equipment found to contain high levels of antibiotic-resistant pathogens

Study shows genetic mutations allow MRSA to develop antibiotic resistance

AI can be used as a supplementary tool for identifying causal pathogens of pneumonia

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