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Researchers find new molecule that inhibits drug-resistant bacteria
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): Urinary tract infections are common, but they are becoming increasingly difficult to treat as the bacteria that cause them to become resistant to many antibiotics. Researchers found a new molecule that inhibits drug-resistant bacteria in lab experiments as w
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Study finds how highly resistant strains of fungi emerge
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Antibiotic resistance is a matter of common knowledge. And the same phenomenon also occurs with drugs against pathogenic fungi. What causes it is still not very well understood.
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Feeding dogs raw meat linked to increased prevalence of antibiotic-resista
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bristol [England], July 21 (ANI): Recent studies have linked germs that are resistant to vitally needed antibiotics to the feeding of raw meat to pet dogs.
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New research moves closer to harnessing viruses to fight bacteria and redu
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 20 (ANI): A new research has moved a step closer to harnessing viruses to fight bacterial infection, reducing the threat of antibiotic resistance.
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Antibiotic resistance can be prevented using evolutionary principles
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 31 (ANI): The findings of new research suggested an effective way to kill bacteria and prevent its drug resistance. This was done by sequential treatment using antibiotics that are similar but swapped around frequently.
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Model can predict how drug interactions influence antibiotic resistance
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): A model using simple changes in microbe growth curves could predict how drug resistance evolves in response to different antibiotic combinations, doses and sequences.
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New model can predict how drug interactions influence antibiotic resistanc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): Scientists have proposed a modelling framework that could predict how antibiotic resistance will evolve in response to different treatment combinations, according to a study published in the journal eLife.
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Toxin-antitoxin function fuels antibiotic-resistance research
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are now known to negatively control plasmid replication, according to Thomas Wood, Biotechnology Endowed Chair and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering.
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In a first, Dr Dangs Lab begins bacteriophage susceptibility testing to co
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): In an initiative that will enable thousands of Indians suffering from unresolved and antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections to get bacteriophage susceptibility testing done locally, Dr Dangs Lab, a Delhi-based diagnostic laboratory, has begun diagno
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Children's National Hospital sounds alarm for antibiotic resistance in men
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Researchers from the Children's National Hospital write in a case report that recent meningitis cases (inflammation of the membranes (meninges) surrounding the brain and spinal cord) at the hospital raises serious concerns about antibiotic resistance in the c
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Study reveals urine reuse as fertiliser not likely to transfer antibiotic
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): Healthy human urine is rich in components like nitrogen, potassium, and phosphate. These components are essential for healthy plants and can be used as a fertiliser.
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Chitkara University leading an international Erasmus project against antib
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Chitkara University today announced that it is leading an international project named "Risk Management and Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance - PREVENT IT".
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