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New class of antibiotics to fight off drug-resistant bacteria
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hamilton (Ontario) [Canada], Feb 13 (ANI): A new category of antibiotics has shown promise for countering the constantly mounting threat of drug-resistant bacteria.
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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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Researchers develop new strategy to fight antibiotic resistance
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): While traditional antibiotics are known to serve the purpose of killing or reducing the activity of individual bacteria, some bacteria become resistant to these antibiotics. In recent research, bioscience engineers have developed a new antibacterial strat
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New strategy developed by researchers to fight antibiotic resistance
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): Bioscience engineers have developed a new antibacterial strategy that weakens bacteria by preventing them from cooperating.
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Study focuses on key structure of C. difficle bacteria that could lead to
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): Researchers have identified the structure of the most lethal toxin produced by certain strains of Clostridium difficile bacteria, a potentially deadly infection associated with the use of antibiotics.
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Why is there no staph vaccine?
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): Staph bacteria are mostly feared for drug-resistant strains, which are becoming a serious threat to public health because they are the leading cause of potentially dangerous skin diseases. Attempts to establish a Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistan
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Deadly 'superbugs' destroyed by molecular drills: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 23 (ANI): Molecular drills have gained the ability to target and destroy deadly bacteria that have evolved resistance to nearly all antibiotics. In some cases, the drills make the antibiotics effective once again.
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Excessive antibiotic prescriptions harmful to children's health: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): Low and middle countries have children who are being prescribed an excess amount of antibiotic during their earlier first five years that resists their ability to fight pathogens, says study.
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Study reveals excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm the
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): While antibiotics are known for their properties to fight bacteria and are the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting the bacterial infection, a new study suggests that excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm their health
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Excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm their health: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): Children in low and middle countries (LMICs) are being prescribed an average of 25 antibiotics during their first five years of life, which is an excess and could resist their ability to fight pathogens, says a recent study.
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Study suggests taking common antibiotic before radiation may help body fig
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 14 (ANI): Whenever you suffer fever or infection, the first thing you are referred to is taking antibiotics as these drugs destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria.
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