Antibiotics

A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists at the University of Bath in the UK led by Dr Maisem Laabei and Dr Ian Blagbrough. The novel compound — a polyamine — seems to destroy Staphylococcus aureus, the…

Every living cell relies on proteins in order to function and the process of protein synthesis -- translation -- is critical for survival. Bacteria are no exception, with molecular machines involved in translation being one of the most common targets for antibiotics. Now, for the first time, scientists led by…

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Researchers have resorted to applying antibiotics on corals to save Caribbean reefs from deadly disease, but there are concerns this could create antibiotic resistance in other marine animals Life 23 September 2022 By Corryn Wetzel Stony coral tissue loss disease has begun to eat away at this coral Shutterstock /…

The new study provides strong evidence that antibiotics cause unwanted immune responses. A new study has found that early exposure to antibiotics can cause permanent asthma and allergies.A recent study demonstrates that early exposure to antibiotics destroys beneficial bacteria in the digestive system and can cause asthma and allergies. The…

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in mice with malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, accelerated their metastatic bone growth, likely because the drugs depleted the mice's intestinal flora and weakened their immune response, according to a new study by researchers at Emory University in…

A new study by Lancet has found that India severely overuses antibiotics and a huge part of the formulations that the country's private sector uses aren't even approved by the Central drug regulator. The private sector's use contributes to about 85-90 per cent of the total antibiotic use in India…

In 1962 Heinz Stolp, a researcher in Berlin, was searching for new viruses when he ran out of the filters that sieved them from his samples. So he substituted filters with slightly larger holes: 1.35 microns instead of 0.2 micron. No viruses, which normally reproduce very quickly, grew on the…

For physicians using a smartphone-based clinical decision-support tool, incorporating an algorithm aimed at estimating the probability that diarrhea is due to a viral cause failed to reduce antibiotic prescribing, a randomized crossover trial conducted in Mali and Bangladesh found. In the study of more than 900 children with acute diarrhea,…