Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation's experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.
Nov 24, 2023
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In an extensive investigation, EMBL researchers have tested over 10,000 drug combinations against some of the leading pathogenic bacteria carrying antimicrobial resistance and causing mortality
Oct 17, 2023
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Antimicrobial resistance—the ability of microorganisms to resist drugs that have been developed to control them—is a severe problem in African countries. The continent has the highest global burden of antimicrobial-resistant ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Just as bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance, viruses can also evade drug treatments. Developing therapies against these microbes is difficult because viruses often mutate or hide themselves within cells. But by mimicking ...
Aug 2, 2023
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A research study led by the University of Oxford provides a transformational new insight into how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerges in patients with bacterial infections. The findings, published today in the journal ...
Jul 12, 2023
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People often think of wastewater as serving no purpose. But it can be a valuable source of information. Wastewater is increasingly recognized as a significant environmental reservoir for antimicrobial resistance—a growing ...
May 25, 2023
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The public is in favor of the development of bacteria-killing viruses as an alternative to antibiotics—and more efforts to educate will make them significantly more likely to use the treatment, a new study published in ...
May 22, 2023
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Researchers at St George's are leading an international clinical trial to evaluate much-needed new antibiotic combinations for newborn babies with sepsis, thanks to sponsorship from the Global Antibiotic Research and Development ...
May 22, 2023
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Infections with superbugs that are resistant to most drugs have presented a "huge challenge" in treating the devastating injuries of people wounded in the war in Ukraine, doctors in Germany said on Tuesday.
Apr 18, 2023
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An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment, suggest doctors in the journal Sexually ...
Jan 30, 2023
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