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Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Biomaterials and Phages

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious healthcare issue affecting the world and needs to be taken seriously. Unfortunately, the development of antibiotics is slow and mostly unsucce...

Microplastic pollution can fuel rise in antibiotic resistance, studies find

Plastic pollution is among the gravest environmental crises facing humanity. Plastic production since 1950 has exceeded 8,300 million metric tons, with most plastic waste ending up...

Polymyxin Resistance Evolution and Fitness Costs in Acinetobacter

In a groundbreaking study set to reshape our understanding of antibiotic resistance, researchers have unveiled critical insights into how Acinetobacter baumannii develops resistanc...

How an HKU-developed eczema product could help fight superbug threat

When Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered the first antibiotic in 1928, he changed the course of history, extending global life expectancy by decades and savin...

Resistance potentiators: Evolutionary catalysts of antibiotic resistance

by R. Craig MacLean, Adam Mulkern, Liam P. Shaw Why do even closely-related bacteria differ in their capacity to evolve antibiotic resistance? Drawing on evidence from experimenta...

Evolutionary inference reveals global natural histories and predicted pathways of antimicrobial resistance in <i>K...

by Olav N. L. Aga, Sabrina J. Moyo, Joel Manyahi, Upendo Kibwana, Iren H. Löhr, Nina Langeland, Bjørn Blomberg, Iain G. Johnston Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a substantial an...

Scientists catch bacteria sharing proteins to survive antibiotics

Bacteria send protein packages to dormant neighbors to endure antibiotic attack

Eco-evolutionary feedbacks drive the co-occurrence of restriction-modification systems and antimicrobial resistance gene...

by Joseph Westley, Paritosh Bedekar, Elizabeth Pursey, Mark D. Szczelkun, Mario Recker, Stineke van Houte, Edze R. Westra Bacterial pathogens commonly become drug resistant via ho...

Antibiotic resistance is putting horses’ vision –and human health – at risk

Antibiotic resistance is putting horses’ vision –and human health – at risk

Antibiotic Design Strategy Overcomes Efflux-Mediated Resistance in Preclinical Study

Researchers developed a strategy for chemically redesigning antibiotics to be less easily ejected from the cells by bacterial efflux pumps, which could support the discovery of new...

Harnessing Machine Learning to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea

Machine Learning Uncovers New Antibiotics to Combat Resistant Gonorrhea The relentless surge of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea poses an escalating threat to global public health, n...

Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Study Warns

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Antibiotics Trigger Protein Sharing Among Bacteria, Aiding Persister Cells

Using a genetic system in E. coli, researchers discovered how bacteria work as a team to survive antibiotics, with donor cells exporting and sharing vesicle-bound proteins with pop...

Antibiotic "megacluster" discovery provides new strategy to fight superbugs

It's "an exciting advance in efforts to restock the antibiotic arsenal."

FAO Researchers Explore How Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance Spreads in Gut Microbiome

The review summarized current knowledge about the potential contribution of foodborne bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes to the human gut resistome, suggesting the integratio...

Antibiotic resistance is putting horses’ vision – and human health – at risk

Antimicrobial Resistance Is Not Gender Neutral

Recently, I was observing people and talking to them about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). During those conversations, I came to an important observation: the relationship between...

WHO warns antimicrobial resistance still major health threat despite global efforts

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a top 10 global public health threat in 2019, citing 4.95 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR a...

Hidden for decades, hospital superbug built resistance in waves, peaking in the mid‑2000s

Decades-old hospital samples have helped University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers uncover how a deadly antibiotic-resistant "superbug" quietly tightened its grip across the glob...

New Antibiotic, Manikomycin, Acts on Novel Ribosomal Target

Researchers discovered manikomycin, a novel antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria by targeting a previously unknown ribosomal vulnerability. The breakthrough could lead to...

Spotlight on Drug-Resistant Infection

Published: 13 October 2017 This infographic highlights the positive difference medical research charities are making in the area of drug-resistant infection. Download 'Spotlight...

Climate change fueling growth of antibiotic-resistant salmonella

New research suggests warming temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns could accelerate the spread of hard-to-treat infections.

UK health chiefs warn of ‘one of greatest risks to health’ amid rise in type of infections

New figures from the UKHSA show that antibiotic-resistant infections in the UK have reached nearly 400 new cases every week, with deaths also on the rise

A Last-Resort Antibiotic Is Losing The Battle Against a Dangerous Hospital Bug

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