Medical research
Scientists stumble across new method of making antibiotics
Cancer researchers in the UK may have stumbled across a solution to reverse antibiotic drug resistance and stop infections like MRSA.
Jul 13, 2017
0
56
News tagged with new antibiotics
Surgery
Novel antibiotic cement to treat bone infections
Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population unfortunately generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments—a threat that has been met with insufficient funding ...
Oct 13, 2022
0
177
Genetics
New antibiotic resistance genes identified in tuberculosis
A massive analysis of more than 10,000 different Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria isolates from 23 countries has revealed new genes associated with resistance to 13 first- and second-line new and repurposed antibiotics. ...
Aug 10, 2022
0
124
Medications
3 essential questions on antibiotic resistance
Melinda Pettigrew, Ph.D., the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Epidemiology, researches the growing public health threat posed by antibiotic resistance. She uses microbiology and infectious disease epidemiology to identify factors ...
Aug 4, 2021
0
3
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New investigational antibiotic effective against drug-resistant bacteria in phase 2 trial
Results from a phase 2 randomised trial suggest that a new investigational antibiotic is as effective as the current standard-of-care antibiotic for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by several ...
Oct 26, 2018
0
2
Inflammatory disorders
AI improves accuracy of antibiotic selection for UTI treatment
Doctors at Maccabi Healthcare Services have recently begun to work with an AI-based predictive algorithm developed by the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology together with KSM (Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi), the Maccabi Research ...
Jan 3, 2022
0
9
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bacterial, fungal coinfection uncommon in COVID-19 patients
(HealthDay)—Bacterial and fungal infections are uncommon in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but coinfection is associated with high mortality and antibiotic use is widespread, according to a study published in the July ...
Jul 31, 2020
0
2
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In the war against antibiotic resistance, scientists fear the bacteria are winning—but not for long
Penicillin was hailed as a "miracle drug" when it went into widespread use in the early 1940s, and with good reason. Before then, even simple infections frequently led to more serious illness, even death. But with the emergence ...
Jun 6, 2016
0
3
Medications
We need new antibiotics to beat superbugs, but why are they so hard to find?
We've heard a lot lately about superbugs – bacteria that are resistant to current antibiotics. But as the threat of superbugs continues to rise, the number of new treatments available has flatlined. This has placed us dangerously ...
Jan 14, 2015
0
19
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientific breakthrough will help design the antibiotics of the future
Researchers at the University of Bristol focused on the role of enzymes in the bacteria, which split the structure of the antibiotic and stop it working, making the bacteria resistant.
Oct 17, 2014
0
0
