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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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JAN 30, 2020Microbiology
This research also suggests that antibiotics do not increase the rate at which bacteria acquire drug resistance genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2020Technology
Aquatic microbes often serve as challenge to study, after all, they are too tiny to detect. But, what if there was a dev ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 27, 2020Microbiology
Bacteria live in household dust, and sometimes a few of those microbes are pathogenic or carry genes that confer resista ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2020Cannabis Sciences
The World Health Organization has identified antibiotic resistance, when bacteria no longer respond to antibiotics, as o ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The acids of the stomach may not pose a problem for bad bugs.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A study published by PNAS explains breakthrough research around designing drugs that target C. diff bacterial infections ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 01, 2020Microbiology
Honey has been used in homeopathic medicine as a wound healer, and now researchers have developed a special application ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2019Microbiology
It takes a long time for a drug to be approved for use in humans; repurposing existing drugs is one way to get around th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In 2018, around ten million people around the globe were sickened by tuberculosis (TB) and about 1.5 million people were ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of Nottingham are seeking new ways to improve vaccine use in the protection against the bac ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The CDC is warning people about an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria that's been linked to store-bought puppies.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
We are steadily losing our edge in the war against infectious bacteria. A huge surge in antibiotic resistance is threate ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 06, 2019Microbiology
When staph begins to grow on medical devices like implants used on wounds, artificial joints, or catheters, they can cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2019Neuroscience
A study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland suggests that excessive usage of certain antibiotics may increase one ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 04, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
A physician is faced with 3 patients: an elderly person with a chronic cough, a child being wheeled out of surgery and a ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Every year, around 700,000 people are estimated to die from drug-resistant infections thanks to our overuse of antibioti ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 25, 2019Microbiology
Salmonella infections are growing increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and are beginning to affect more adults instead ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Some viruses, called bacteriophages, infect bacteria. A research team found many of these viruses in human samples.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2019Microbiology
Some illnesses can happen because a person is infected with more than one microbial pathogen, and these pathogens can in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Many of the clinically relevant antibiotics are sourced from natural substances, produced by bacteria. But because of th ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 17, 2019Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human health, and they are sometimes given to intensive car ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2019Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released its latest Antibiotic Threats in the United States re ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
JAN 30, 2020
Microbiology
This research also suggests that antibiotics do not increase the rate at which bacteria acquire drug resistance genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2020
Technology
Aquatic microbes often serve as challenge to study, after all, they are too tiny to detect. But, what if there was a dev
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 27, 2020
Microbiology
Bacteria live in household dust, and sometimes a few of those microbes are pathogenic or carry genes that confer resista
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
The World Health Organization has identified antibiotic resistance, when bacteria no longer respond to antibiotics, as o
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The acids of the stomach may not pose a problem for bad bugs.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published by PNAS explains breakthrough research around designing drugs that target C. diff bacterial infections
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 01, 2020
Microbiology
Honey has been used in homeopathic medicine as a wound healer, and now researchers have developed a special application
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2019
Microbiology
It takes a long time for a drug to be approved for use in humans; repurposing existing drugs is one way to get around th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In 2018, around ten million people around the globe were sickened by tuberculosis (TB) and about 1.5 million people were
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of Nottingham are seeking new ways to improve vaccine use in the protection against the bac
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The CDC is warning people about an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria that's been linked to store-bought puppies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
We are steadily losing our edge in the war against infectious bacteria. A huge surge in antibiotic resistance is threate
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 06, 2019
Microbiology
When staph begins to grow on medical devices like implants used on wounds, artificial joints, or catheters, they can cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2019
Neuroscience
A study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland suggests that excessive usage of certain antibiotics may increase one
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 04, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
A physician is faced with 3 patients: an elderly person with a chronic cough, a child being wheeled out of surgery and a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Every year, around 700,000 people are estimated to die from drug-resistant infections thanks to our overuse of antibioti
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 25, 2019
Microbiology
Salmonella infections are growing increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and are beginning to affect more adults instead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some viruses, called bacteriophages, infect bacteria. A research team found many of these viruses in human samples.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2019
Microbiology
Some illnesses can happen because a person is infected with more than one microbial pathogen, and these pathogens can in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Many of the clinically relevant antibiotics are sourced from natural substances, produced by bacteria. But because of th
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 17, 2019
Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human health, and they are sometimes given to intensive car
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released its latest Antibiotic Threats in the United States re
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet