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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 02, 2017Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2016Microbiology
If you’re a bacterium, you don’t need to be resistant to antibiotics to survive them. You just have to make ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Six new patients in Colorado were diagnosed with infection of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea ...DEC 10, 2016Microbiology
Biofilms are the product of bacteria that grow on a surface and usually secrete a matrix. When that kind of microbial co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2016Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2016Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 30, 2016Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 28, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 21, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic resistance has become one of public health’s largest issues in recent years. A recent study from the UK ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 09, 2016Microbiology
Urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are primarily caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), are becoming more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have learned more about how two common antibiotics, chlorampheni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
New antibiotics against superbugs could be coming from a very unlikely source, say scientists. As it turns out, the ques ...OCT 26, 2016Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every day, roughly one of 25 hospital patients carries at ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2016Microbiology
Recurrent infections can be a serious problem for many patients. They can be longer lasting and more serious than a typi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2016Videos
In 1928, Alexander Fleming transformed the world of medicine with the discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin. Sci ...OCT 18, 2016Earth & The Environment
Due to torrential rains from Hurricane Matthew, rivers in eastern North Carolina are flooding a region that is home to p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 13, 2016Videos
Cockroaches may as well as have immortal superpowers, given all the things they can live through. Did you know they can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 12, 2016Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds. ...OCT 02, 2016Videos
We are surrounded by fungus. They live in different climates, indoors and outdoors on a huge variety of surfaces includi ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2017
Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2016
Microbiology
If you’re a bacterium, you don’t need to be resistant to antibiotics to survive them. You just have to make
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Six new patients in Colorado were diagnosed with infection of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea
...
DEC 10, 2016
Microbiology
Biofilms are the product of bacteria that grow on a surface and usually secrete a matrix. When that kind of microbial co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2016
Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2016
Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 30, 2016
Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 21, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic resistance has become one of public health’s largest issues in recent years. A recent study from the UK
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 09, 2016
Microbiology
Urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are primarily caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), are becoming more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have learned more about how two common antibiotics, chlorampheni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
New antibiotics against superbugs could be coming from a very unlikely source, say scientists. As it turns out, the ques
...
OCT 26, 2016
Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every day, roughly one of 25 hospital patients carries at
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2016
Microbiology
Recurrent infections can be a serious problem for many patients. They can be longer lasting and more serious than a typi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2016
Videos
In 1928, Alexander Fleming transformed the world of medicine with the discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin. Sci
...
OCT 18, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Due to torrential rains from Hurricane Matthew, rivers in eastern North Carolina are flooding a region that is home to p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 13, 2016
Videos
Cockroaches may as well as have immortal superpowers, given all the things they can live through. Did you know they can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 12, 2016
Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds.
...
OCT 02, 2016
Videos
We are surrounded by fungus. They live in different climates, indoors and outdoors on a huge variety of surfaces includi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch