Antibiotics

HIGH street pharmacies are struggling to get hold of Calpol and other common medicines as a new wave of shortages affects patients. It comes just months after chemists across the UK experienced a shortage of antibiotics and cold and flu medicines. 2 High street pharmacies are experiencing a shortage of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most patients admitted to hospital with acute viral respiratory infections are given antibiotics. Now new research to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark (15-18 April), suggests that prescribing antibiotic therapy to adults hospitalized with common…

Many important antibiotics target bacterial cell wall production. The growing problem of antibiotic resistance requires innovation in the research and development process. However, scientists still have limited knowledge of how even clinically successful antibiotics kill bacteria.  A better understanding of the cellular events that precede and contribute to cell death…

Mechanism and antibacterial performance of 2D catalytic planar defects-mediated SDT. Slip dislocation, as the catalytic site, emits large numbers of phonons through ultrasound-induced violent lattice vibrations. The phonons then drag the electrons and promote electron transfer through the phonon–electron coupling effect, significantly lowering the energy barrier for the REDOX reaction…

Repairing a human liver using lab-grown cells. Using oral antibiotics to treat cystic fibrosis patients. Producing a single-dose treatment for breast cancer that’s proving highly effective. Predicting cancer with AI. All of this innovation came out of the UK life sciences industry. “It's really the only industry that can both…

WASHINGTON — Children's medication, antibiotics and treatment for ADHD are among a number of drugs that have been in short supply in recent months — and the shortages of critical medications are only rising, according to a new report released Wednesday. From 2021 to 2022, new drug shortages increased by…

Bangladesh has recently achieved remarkable success in freshwater fish production, with more than 1.25 million metric tons of freshwater fish produced in 2020.The use of antibiotics in fish culture and hormones in artificial fish breeding bring into question the safety of Bangladesh’s food supply, as exposure to high levels of…

ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff The student was admitted to Christchurch Hospital this week (File photo) An 18-year-old student has been admitted to Christchurch Hospital after contracting meningococcal disease. National Public Health Service medical officer of health Dr Ramon Pink said it was the third case of meningococcal in Canterbury this year. Meningococcal…

The current treatment for drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) used in South Africa involves a combination of four antibiotics, last for six months, effectively cures TB, and is dirt cheap. Some people, however, find it hard to complete the full six months of treatment - in some cases due to side effects…

Health A modelling study suggests that the proportion of cases involving pneumonia-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics has increased amid the covid-19 pandemic By Carissa Wong 16 February 2023 In severe cases, the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae can cause pneumonia and serious blood infections Kiyoshi Takahase Segundo/Alamy Antibiotic-resistant bacteria may…