Antibiotics

AbstractMicrobial biofilm formation on indwelling medical devices causes persistent infections that cannot be cured with conventional antibiotics. To address this unmet challenge, we engineer tunable active surface topographies with micron-sized pillars that can beat at a programmable frequency and force level in an electromagnetic field. Compared to the flat and static…

Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims - 2020)?  Introduction: All of us know what antibiotics are, in fact, whenever we suffer a severe infection, our medical practitioner prescribes these powerful medicines to help us fight the infection caused by bacteria. Also known as antimicrobial…

Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers and low genetic diversity caused by intensive farming techniques increase the likelihood of pathogens becoming a major public health risk, according to new research led by UK scientists. An international team of researchers led by the Universities of Bath and Sheffield, investigated the evolution…

By fmyactuallife - 3/5/2020 08:00 Today, I'm on my second day of a week of antibiotics to treat a bad urine infection. Incidentally, the pills seem to be giving me extremely loud, frequent, gut-wrenchingly painful and smelly diarrhea. Only 5 more days to go. FML By Jenievonteese - 12/6/2011 23:33…

Scientists exploiting a ‘chink’ in cell’s armor plating Scientists have identified a key process in the way bacteria protect themselves from attack – and it heralds a new strategy in the hunt for antibiotics.The researchers from the University of Leeds have pieced together how bacteria build their outer, defensive wall…

Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently lists about 13 symptoms that they say are related to coronavirus on their website. Six of those COVID-19 symptoms were added recently. But one possible red flag we've been hearing a lot about lately is missing from the catalog:…

It could get worse. I know, those are four words that you don't want to hear right now. And, unfortunately, I'm not referring to the state of affairs relating to the novel coronavirus or the COVID-19 disease that it causes -- although the head of the Centers for Disease Control…

Actor Irrfan Khan, who recently returned to acting has been diagnosed with a colon infection. An official source confirmed that he has been admitted to an ICU at Kokilaben hospital and is under doctor's observation. While we wait further reports, we hope he makes a quick recovery. What is a…

Care homes have seen a rise in deaths that have nothing to do with coronavirus as hospitals fail to take in residents as patients. HC One, the UK's biggest care home provider, said the death rate among its 17,500 residents was around three times last year's, but only half those…

Taking antibiotics alongside opioids may increase the risk of opioid abuse, according to research in rats recently published in eNeuro. Opioid abuse and addiction plague over 2 million Americans. Many factors play a role in the opioid crisis, but one may have a larger role than previously thought: the gut…