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Israeli scientists discover tiny viral switch that could fight antibiotic-
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A tiny viral switch discovered by Israeli and American scientists could open a new front in the fight against antibiotic-resistant infections, a global health threat projected to kill up to 10 million people annually by 2050.
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World AMR Awareness Week 2025: WHO calls for urgent, unified action as A
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A newly released Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Report 2025 highlights widening disparities, with low and middle-income nations disproportionately affected. According to the report, resistance was most prevalent in the WHO South-East Asia and Eastern Mediterranean regions in 20
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'Zaynich' antibiotic for multi-drug resistant infections to get USFDA appr
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Zaynich is a novel antibiotic developed to target multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative infections.
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Antibiotics for common childhood infections not effective in large parts o
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A study discovered that due to increasing rates of antibiotic resistance, medications used to treat common diseases in infants and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world.
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Study finds Antibiotics for common childhood infections no longer effectiv
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The study discovered that one antibiotic in particular, ceftriaxone, was likely to be helpful in treating only one out of every three instances of infant sepsis or meningitis. Ceftriaxone is also frequently used in Australia to treat a variety of paediatric diseases, including pneumonia and
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Researchers find new drug to fight UTIs
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new drug combination has been found to be more effective, especially against persistent, drug-resistant infections, according to an international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments for complicated urinary tract infections.
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New drug to fight complicated UTIs found effective
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments against complicated urinary tract infections has found a new drug combination to be more effective, especially against stubborn, drug-resistant infections.
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Testing for antibiotic resistance no longer constrained by time
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Ikoma [Japan], October 21 (ANI): The process of figuring out a bacterial infection's drug susceptibility profile takes a long time. Researchers from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology and their cooperating partners have just published reports on a technology that could potentially
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Scientists from Spain and India lead an international project to develop n
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the increase of multi-resistant bacteria is an ongoing threat to global public health, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warns. In 2019, 1.27 million people died from antibiotic-resis
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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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Kauvery Hospital emphasizes on the need for Antimicrobial stewardship
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), March 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Antimicrobial resistance in a region or community can cause complex healthcare issues. The drug resistant infections can cause multiple problems to the organs in the body.
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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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