Antibiotics

Patients prescribed antibiotics in hospital are more likely to get fungal infections because of disruption to the immune system in the gut, according to a new study from the University of Birmingham and National Institutes of Health. Using immune-boosting drugs alongside the antibiotics could reduce the health risks from these…

Use of antibiotics targeting gastrointestinal infections was associated with a greater risk for older-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a risk that was dose-dependant and persisted for years after an exposure, a population-based study from Denmark found. In the analysis of over 2 million adults ages 60 and over, use of…

Press releases Financial Grand view research, inc Antibiotics Industry Overview The global antibiotics market size was valued at USD 40.7 billion in 2020 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5% from 2021 to 2028. The rising prevalence of infectious diseases and supportive government…

Artificial intelligence finds candidate peptide antibiotics in the human gut microbiome. Drug-resistant bacterial infections kill 1.27 million people worldwide each year3,4, and without new classes of antimicrobial therapies, morbidity and mortality due to severe infections will increase: deaths caused by untreatable infections are projected to reach 10 million annually by…

One of the greatest frustrations regarding urinary tract infections (UTIs) is that they so often recur. UTIs are caused by bacteria in the urinary tract and characterized by frequent and painful urination. A round of antibiotics usually clears up the symptoms, but the relief is often temporary: A quarter of…

The global fermented ingredient market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9% during 2019 to 2024. The growth of fermented ingredient market is driven by increasing awareness on health benefits, rising prevalence of digestive problems and obesity, and increasing demand for antibiotics. Some of the Key Questions answered…

Plants rely on a process called carbon fixation -- turning carbon dioxide from the air into carbon-rich biomolecules - for their very existence. That's the whole point of photosynthesis, and a cornerstone of the vast interlocking system that cycles carbon through plants, animals, microbes and the atmosphere to sustain life…

A study recently completed at the University of Helsinki revealed that the fungal microbiota in the gut is more abundant and diverse in children treated with antibiotics compared with the control group even six weeks following the start of the antibiotic course. In light of the findings, a reduction in…

Biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators have discovered an aberrant protein that's deadly to bacteria. In a paper just published in the journal PLOS ONE, the scientists describe how this erroneously built protein mimics the action of aminoglycosides, a class of antibiotics. The…

Light microscope images of E. coli cells in transmitted light (left) and reflected light that picks up the red fluorescence of a dye staining the cells' DNA (right). In normal cells (upper panel), the DNA is spread throughout the cells. But in cells expressing the aberrant plant protein identified in…