Antibiotic used on food crops affects bumblebee behavior, lab study finds
An antibiotic sprayed on orchard crops to combat bacterial diseases slows the cognition of bumblebees and reduces their foraging efficiency, ...
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Simplified antibiotic may set the stage for antitumor treatments
Garden soil houses a variety of bacteria and their natural byproducts — including one that may help halt tumor growth. ...
TTUHSC scientist seeking solution to antibiotic resistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 2.8 million Americans experience antibiotic-resistant infections each year; more ...
Halting antibiotic resistance is a little less futile
HOUSTON – (Jan. 18, 2022) – A new experimental platform developed at Rice University promises to speed up the discovery ...
Sanford Burnham Prebys researchers awarded $3.6 million to study antibiotic resistance
LA JOLLA, CALIF. – Jan 13, 2022 – Sanford Burnham Prebys professor Andrei Osterman, Ph.D., has been awarded a $3.6 million grant from ...
Microplastic pollution aids antibiotic resistance
NEWS RELEASECredit: Alvarez Research Lab/Rice University NEWS RELEASE Jeff Falk 713-348-6775 [email protected] Mike Williams 713-348-6728 [email protected] Microplastic pollution aids antibiotic ...
‘Implementation Science’ Critical to Reducing Antibiotic Resistance
ARLINGTON, VA (Dec, 2, 2021)—Despite scientific evidence on how to properly prescribe antibiotics, clinicians routinely diverge from these processes in ...
With antibiotic resistance, ‘we are running out of options’
Experts predict that without intervention, the problem of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections could be catastrophic by 2050, killing nearly 10 million ...
EU/EEA during COVID-19 pandemic: Largest annual decrease in antibiotic use in the community in two decades
On the occasion of European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) on 18 November and the start of World Antibiotic Awareness Week, ...
Going for gold to reduce antibiotic resistance
Tiny particles of gold could be the new weapon in the fight against bacterial antibiotic resistance, according to research just ...
Test determines antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes
PULLMAN, Wash. — A technique that measures the metabolic activity of bacteria with an electric probe can identify antibiotic resistance ...
Lower antibiotic resistance in intestinal bacteria with forgotten antibiotic
A forgotten antibiotic, temocillin, led to lower selection of resistant bacteria than the standard treatment for febrile urinary tract infection, ...
New ribosome-targeting antibiotic acts against drug-resistant bacteria
A new study published in Nature reports on a new antibiotic that binds to the ribosome of bacterial cells and ...
Common antibiotic reduces low birth weight and prematurity
A common antibiotic has been found to reduce low birth weight and premature births, if taken during pregnancy, in countries ...
Using evolutionary principles could prevent antibiotic resistance
Credit: Roderich Roemhild Sequential treatment using antibiotics that are similar but swapped around frequently is an effective way to kill ...
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‘Revolutionary’ research discovers new cause of cancer coming from inside us
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Taurine may be a key to longer and healthier life
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Birmingham spinout to develop 20-minute test following surge in sexually transmitted infections
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