News tagged with antibiotic activity


BioMAP screening procedure could streamline search for new antibiotics

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a new strategy for finding novel antibiotic compounds, using a diagnostic panel of bacterial strains for screening chemical extracts from natural sources.

Medications created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeting bacterial gas defenses allow for increased efficacy of numerous antibiotics

Although scientists have known for centuries that many bacteria produce hydrogen sulfide (H2S) it was thought to be simply a toxic by-product of cellular activity. Now, researchers at NYU School of Medicine have discovered ...

Medical research created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New antibiotic compound enters phase I clinical trial

(Medical Xpress) -- Novacta Biosystems has commenced dosing of the first healthy volunteers in a phase I clinical trial of a new antibiotic to treat the hospital superbug Clostridium difficile.

Medications created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0