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Scientists determine structure of key player in antibiotic resistance
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): With antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise, scientists have been searching for ways to shut down the Type IV secretion system (T4SS), a protein complex on the outer envelope of bacterial cells that helps them to exchange DNA with neighbouring bacteria an
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Study reveals new molecule that inhibits drug-resistant bacteria
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): Urinary tract infections are frequent, but treatment is becoming more challenging as the bacteria that cause them to become resistant to several drugs. In lab trials and in mice with pneumonia and urinary tract infections, researchers discovered a novel chem
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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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Single dose of antibiotic can prevent Syphilis, Gonorrhoea and other STDs
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington (United States) July 30 (ANI): In a new study it was revealed that if a person administers a single dose of a widely used, cheap antibiotic within 3 days of unprotected sexual intercourse, then it can help prevent the three types of Sexually Transmitted Diseases/ Infections (ST
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Wet regions harbor dangerous germs: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 25 (ANI): A well-regulated hot water system can prevent the spread of waterborne pathogens, including an emerging infectious disease problem from 'superbugs' which can be resistant to most antibiotics.
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Male and female gut microbiomes respond to antibiotics differently
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): In a new study, researchers found that antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome makeup of male and female laboratory rats. The findings could have implications for using the drugs in humans to treat or prevent bacterial infection.
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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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Study shows highly antibiotic-resistant MRSA strain found in pigs can spre
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], June 28 (ANI): A new study at the University of Cambridge has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the MRSA superbug, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, has emerged in cattle over the past 50 years, likely due to the widespread use of antibiotics in pi
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Study reveals plastic pollution in ocean may serve as source for antibioti
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): According to a new study, plastic pollution may serve as a source for novel antibiotics in oceans.
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Plastic pollution in ocean may serve as source for novel antibiotics: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): According to a new study, plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics.
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Research: A 'last resort' antibiotic for multi-drug resistant infections
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], June 8 (ANI): According to A new research at the University of Oxford, a bacterium called Pseudomonas is found which respond to being treated with Colistin, a 'last resort' antibiotic for patients who have developed multi-drug resistant infections.
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