Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance: (AMR or AR) is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe. The main term antibiotic resistance (AR or ABR) is a subset of AMR, as it applies only to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
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NOV 13, 2019Health & Medicine
NOV 13, 2019The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released its latest Antibiotic Threats in the United States report, which is summarized in the vi...WRITTEN BY: Tiffany DazetNOV 11, 2019Microbiology
NOV 11, 2019This study can help inform the development of new treatments for antibiotic-resistant microbes....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2019Microbiology
NOV 03, 2019Scientists have finally revealed more about why pathogenic microbes burst when they encounter the antibiotic....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
NOV 03, 2019Antibiotic-resistant infections claim around 700,000 lives per year, with estimates saying that this number could swell to 10 million by 2050 (Jacobs: 2019...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonOCT 30, 2019Microbiology
OCT 30, 2019A new study has shown that antibiotic-resistant E. coli spreads primarily because of poor hygiene....WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
NOV 13, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released its latest Antibiotic Threats in the United States report, which is summarized in the vi...
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Tiffany Dazet
NOV 11, 2019
Microbiology
NOV 11, 2019
This study can help inform the development of new treatments for antibiotic-resistant microbes....
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Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2019
Microbiology
NOV 03, 2019
Scientists have finally revealed more about why pathogenic microbes burst when they encounter the antibiotic....
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Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 03, 2019
Antibiotic-resistant infections claim around 700,000 lives per year, with estimates saying that this number could swell to 10 million by 2050 (Jacobs: 2019...
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Annie Lennon
OCT 30, 2019
Microbiology
OCT 30, 2019
A new study has shown that antibiotic-resistant E. coli spreads primarily because of poor hygiene....
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Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2019
Microbiology
OCT 23, 2019
Research has shown that drugs can change the community of gut microbes that we carry and which has a powerful impact on our health....
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Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2019
Microbiology
OCT 21, 2019
Raw dog food is marketed as a diet that mimics the food of dog's ancestors. But it may pose a serious risk to both pets and their human companions....
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Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
OCT 16, 2019
As concern over medication-resistant bacteria grows, researchers at Flinders University have now fabricated nanomeshes as an effective drug delivery method...
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Nouran Amin
OCT 15, 2019
Microbiology
OCT 15, 2019
We produce several liters of mucus every day to cover more than 200 square meters in the human body....
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Carmen Leitch
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OCT 29, 2019 09:00 AM PDTC.E. CREDITS
OCT 29, 2019 09:00 AM PDTDATE: October 29, 2019TIME: 09:00am PDTTrichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium are common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) yet are not as well studied or understood as gon...Speaker: Christina Muzny, MD, MSPH, FACPSponsored By: Abbott MolecularAUG 14, 2019 08:00 AM PDTC.E. CREDITS
AUG 14, 2019 08:00 AM PDTDATE: August 14, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDT Infectious disease surveillance and monitoring is critical in settings where disease outbreaks and antibiotic resistance can dramatically im...Speaker: Dr. Christopher MasonSponsored By: Zymo ResearchAPR 25, 2019 12:00 PM PDTC.E. CREDITS
APR 25, 2019 12:00 PM PDTTuberculosis has killed more than one billion people in the last 200 years. It is the oldest and the deadliest human pathogen, recently surpassing HIV. Its adaptation to host and drug pressur...Speaker: Faramarz Valafar, PhDPresented At:Infectious Disease 2019JAN 31, 2019 07:30 AM PSTC.E. CREDITS
JAN 31, 2019 07:30 AM PSTProdrugs are harmless in their native state, as they are not targeted by human enzymes. But they can be converted into highly toxic compounds (the “drug”) by viral or bacterial en...Speaker: A.C. Matin, PhDPresented At:BioProcessing 2019SEP 13, 2018 01:30 PM PDTC.E. CREDITS
SEP 13, 2018 01:30 PM PDTThe soil microbiome can produce, resist, or degrade antibiotics and even catabolize them. Resistance genes are widely distributed in the soil and may act as a reservoir for pathogen antibioti...Speaker: Terence Crofts, PhDPresented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
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DATE: October 29, 2019TIME: 09:00am PDTTrichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium are common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) yet are not as well studied or understood as gon...
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Christina Muzny, MD, MSPH, FACP
Sponsored By: Abbott Molecular
AUG 14, 2019
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AUG 14, 2019
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DATE: August 14, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDT Infectious disease surveillance and monitoring is critical in settings where disease outbreaks and antibiotic resistance can dramatically im...
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Dr. Christopher Mason
Sponsored By: Zymo Research
APR 25, 2019
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APR 25, 2019
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Tuberculosis has killed more than one billion people in the last 200 years. It is the oldest and the deadliest human pathogen, recently surpassing HIV. Its adaptation to host and drug pressur...
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Faramarz Valafar, PhD
Presented At:Infectious Disease 2019
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Prodrugs are harmless in their native state, as they are not targeted by human enzymes. But they can be converted into highly toxic compounds (the “drug”) by viral or bacterial en...
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A.C. Matin, PhD
Presented At:BioProcessing 2019
SEP 13, 2018
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SEP 13, 2018
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The soil microbiome can produce, resist, or degrade antibiotics and even catabolize them. Resistance genes are widely distributed in the soil and may act as a reservoir for pathogen antibioti...
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Terence Crofts, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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SEP 13, 2018
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While rapid identification of pathogens, novel therapeutic interventions, and passive immunization have critical roles in disease control, none can substitute for pre-existing protective immu...
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James Galen, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) – or the non-genealogical transmission of DNA between organisms – is the dominant mode responsible for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Co...
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Allison Lopatkin, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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In the US, the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System has been using WGS of Salmonella as a tool of routine surveillance since 2013. To date, NARMS has generated MIC and WGS data...
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Patrick McDermott, MS, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 12, 2018
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SEP 12, 2018
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Reducing the impact of infectious diseases is becoming increasingly vital as the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to rise, threatening the effective prevention and treat...
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Julie Russell, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
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JUN 20, 2019 06:00 AM PDTC.E. CREDITS
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