An Enemy Within: Researchers Discover How Pathogens Hide in Tissue
Antibiotics cure many bacterial infections. However, some patients suffer a relapse. A research group at the University of Basel has now discovered why some bacteria…
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Fecal Transplant Discovery Could Improve Care for Life-Threatening Infections
Findings suggest way to help patients heal from dangerous C. difficile. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine sheds light on why…
Researchers Use Nanoparticles To Kill Dangerous Bacteria That Hide Inside Human Cells
Researchers from the University of Southampton, working with colleagues at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have developed a new technology based on nanoparticles…
Combating Antibiotic Resistance – A Major Global Health Threat
As bacterial infections impervious to drugs rise, so does the need to develop better antibiotics. As long as antibiotics have existed, so too has antibiotic…
Genetic Research Reveals New Clues for the Shared Origins of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Mental Health Disorders
An international study of more than 50,000 people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has revealed that IBS symptoms may be caused by the same biological…
Tangles in DNA Strands Can Help Predict Evolution of Mutations
Researchers from the Milner Centre for Evolution have identified evolutionary hotspots in DNA where mutations are more likely. Tangles in unwound DNA can create mutational…
New Test Determines Antibiotic Resistance in Less Than 90 Minutes
A technique that measures the metabolic activity of bacteria with an electric probe can identify antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes, a dramatic improvement…
Antibiotic Breakthrough: Scientists Finally Figure Out How Penicillin Kills Bacteria
The mechanism which allows β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has been revealed for the first time. An international team of researchers led by…
New Way Discovered To Increase the Effectiveness of Antibiotics Against “Superbugs”
A multi-disciplinary project driven by EMBL Australia researchers at Monash University and Harvard University has found a way to make antibiotics more effective against antibiotic-resistant…
Tackling the Collateral Damage to Our Health From Antibiotics
EMBL scientists pave the way for reducing the harmful side effects antibiotics have on gut bacteria. Antibiotics help us to treat bacterial infections and save…
Experimental “Living Medicine” Created To Treat Drug-Resistant Infections
Experimental treatment dissolves antibiotic-resistant biofilms in mice. Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and Pulmobiotics S.L have created the first ‘living medicine’ to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria growing…
Spider Silk Is Supposed To Have “Healing Properties” – Scientists Debunk the Myth
As far back as ancient Rome, spider silk has been used as a remedy to treat everything from skin lesions to warts. In the past,…
Antimicrobial Coating for Orthopedic Implants Prevents Dangerous Bacterial Infections
Customizable to individual patients and requiring less than 10 minutes to prepare and use, new surgical implant coating prevented 100% of infections in mice. Biomedical…
Groundbreaking Bacteria-Killing Viruses Unite With Antibiotics To Fight Devastating Bacteria Infections
Mycobacterium abscessus, a relative of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, is responsible for particularly severe damage to human lungs and can be resistant…
Using Evolutionary Principles To Prevent Antibiotic Resistance
Understanding resistance rates and cross-resistance can improve the potency of sequential antibiotic treatment protocols. Sequential treatment using antibiotics that are similar but swapped around frequently…
Sugars From Human Breast Milk Could Help Treat and Prevent Infections in Newborns
Bacteria known as group B Streptococcus (GBS) are a common cause of blood infections, meningitis, and stillbirth in newborns. Although GBS infections can often be…
Antibiotics in Early Life Could Lead to Brain Disorders
Exposure to antibiotics in utero or after birth could lead to brain disorders in later childhood, says Rutgers researcher. Antibiotic exposure early in life could…
Common Antibiotic – Azithromycin – No More Effective Than Placebo for COVID-19
A UC San Francisco study has found that the antibiotic azithromycin was no more effective than a placebo in preventing symptoms of COVID-19 among non-hospitalized…
