Antibiotics

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a reduction in referee cases but requests have increased in complexity, according to the Government Chemist. Paul Hancock, referee analyst and head at the Office of the Government Chemist in the United Kingdom, said cases include genetically modified rice from China, antibiotics in honey…

HONG KONG, June 26, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited ("Mengniu" or the "Group", HKEx: 2319), one of the leading dairy product manufacturers in China, announced that it has issued its 2020 Sustainability Report, which highlights Mengniu's practices and achievements in five key areas, including sustainability…

Queensland back-rower Jai Arrow is set join his Maroons teammates at training on Thursday after leaving hospital following treatment on an arm infection. Arrow was sent by team doctor Matt Hislop to hospital on the Gold Coast after arriving in camp on Monday to treat an existing infection with intravenous…

A Spanish Fighting Bull named Sentido gored me in the street during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona in 2017. After a surgery, a night of IV antibiotics and morphine, I checked myself out of the hospital and ran with the bulls again the next day. Most normal people…

Researchers from the Miami University in Ohio have optimized a new technique that will allow scientists to evaluate how potential inhibitors work on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This technique, called native state mass spectrometry, provides a quick way for scientists to identify the best candidates for effective clinical drugs, particularly in cases…

IMAGE: Surface architecture of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa colony grown for three days on semi-solid medium (stereomicroscope, artificial color). view more  Credit: © UNIGE Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium present in many ecological niches, such as plant roots, stagnant water or even the pipes of our homes. Naturally very versatile,…

SummaryAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the silent pandemic. It has been steadily increasing over many years and threatens to halt the practice of modern medicine. By 2050, the annual number of worldwide deaths due to AMR will be ∼10 million, with an estimated economic impact of 100 trillion USD (1). The…

Turning down tolerancePersister cells, which are found in abundance in biofilms, adopt a quiescent state and survive antimicrobial treatments, seeding disease recurrence and incubating new resistance mutations. Building on work implicating the reactive small-molecule hydrogen sulfide in bacterial defense against antibiotics, Shatalin et al. conducted a structure-based screen for inhibitors…

IMAGE: Dr Bart Eijkelkamp, left, and researchers Felice Adams and Maoge Zang at the Bacterial Host Adaptation Research Laboratory at Flinders University, South Australia view more  Credit: Flinders University For the first time, Australian scientists have confirmed a link between the role of regular fish oil to break down the ability…

Antimicrobial agents, such as antibiotics, are essential to treating many human and animal infections and diseases. Their overuse and misuse, however, has led to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), meaning that a drug, such as an antibiotic, might no longer be effective in treating the infection. Without urgent action,…