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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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MAY 15, 2022Immunology
Infections are common, and many are becoming increasingly hard for clinicians to treat. Antibiotics are often used to tr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2022Microbiology
There is debate about exactly what makes a diet healthy, but most experts can agree on some things, like the importance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/acinetobacter-baumanni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2022Microbiology
Bacteria can exist as individual cells, but there is strength in numbers. Many microbes form clusters called biofilms, l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2022Immunology
Antibiotic resistance has increased the demand for new antibiotic treatments. Now, researchers have found that a ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 20, 2022Microbiology
The importance of gut microbes in human health has been made apparent by a mountain of evidence, and they can affect bio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2022Microbiology
Despite the dire, well-documented risks of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which threatens to kill 10 million people a y ...Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher ScientificAPR 13, 2022Microbiology
Apply the learnings of COVID to AMR, says coalition Tackling the deadly spectre of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requir ...Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher ScientificAPR 10, 2022Microbiology
There is growing concern about whether our antibiotics can keep pace with the threats posed by new and emerging bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2022Microbiology
Although antibiotic resistance is becoming a problem, many bacterial infections can still be prevented or eliminated wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the Ohio State University College of Medicine have created a vaccine using CRISPR technology targeting Le ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 09, 2022Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is already a major threat to public health; in 2019 alone, antibiotic resistant bacterial infectio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2022Immunology
Research has revealed that nearly the entire human body has been colonized by microbes. While studies have shown just ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2022Health & Medicine
Although the more dominant and well-known terpenes like limonene and myrcene receive more research attention, several pa ...Written By: Kerry CharronFEB 08, 2022Immunology
Tumors have a sneaky strategy of becoming resistant to chemotherapy drugs—they have a way of “pumping ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 02, 2022Microbiology
Bacteria can easily pass bits of DNA to one another, this process, known as horizontal gene exchange, is known to be inv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2022Cannabis Sciences
For many years, antibiotic resistance has been urgently rising as a globally-significant public health concern. More rec ...Written By: Nadine HusamiJAN 25, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In 1945, Sir Alexander Fleming (the microbiologist who discovered the world's first broadly effective antibio ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 22, 2022Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant infections pose a serious threat to human health, which is expected to get worse. Bacterial infecti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Researchers were assessing the presence of bacteria in wild hedgehogs which are found in Europe and New Zealand, and fou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2022Immunology
When infection strikes, antibiotics are the go-to solution to help patients regain control from the invading bacter ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 26, 2021Microbiology
We've long known that there are bacteria in the human gut; some can be dangerous if they are ingested. But genetic and c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2021Microbiology
About half of Americans have used at least one prescription drug at some point in the past thirty days, according to dat ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2022
Immunology
Infections are common, and many are becoming increasingly hard for clinicians to treat. Antibiotics are often used to tr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2022
Microbiology
There is debate about exactly what makes a diet healthy, but most experts can agree on some things, like the importance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/acinetobacter-baumanni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2022
Microbiology
Bacteria can exist as individual cells, but there is strength in numbers. Many microbes form clusters called biofilms, l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2022
Immunology
Antibiotic resistance has increased the demand for new antibiotic treatments. Now, researchers have found that a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 20, 2022
Microbiology
The importance of gut microbes in human health has been made apparent by a mountain of evidence, and they can affect bio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2022
Microbiology
Despite the dire, well-documented risks of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which threatens to kill 10 million people a y
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
APR 13, 2022
Microbiology
Apply the learnings of COVID to AMR, says coalition Tackling the deadly spectre of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requir
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
APR 10, 2022
Microbiology
There is growing concern about whether our antibiotics can keep pace with the threats posed by new and emerging bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2022
Microbiology
Although antibiotic resistance is becoming a problem, many bacterial infections can still be prevented or eliminated wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the Ohio State University College of Medicine have created a vaccine using CRISPR technology targeting Le
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 09, 2022
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is already a major threat to public health; in 2019 alone, antibiotic resistant bacterial infectio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2022
Immunology
Research has revealed that nearly the entire human body has been colonized by microbes. While studies have shown just ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2022
Health & Medicine
Although the more dominant and well-known terpenes like limonene and myrcene receive more research attention, several pa
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
FEB 08, 2022
Immunology
Tumors have a sneaky strategy of becoming resistant to chemotherapy drugs—they have a way of “pumping
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 02, 2022
Microbiology
Bacteria can easily pass bits of DNA to one another, this process, known as horizontal gene exchange, is known to be inv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
For many years, antibiotic resistance has been urgently rising as a globally-significant public health concern. More rec
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
JAN 25, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 1945, Sir Alexander Fleming (the microbiologist who discovered the world's first broadly effective antibio
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 22, 2022
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant infections pose a serious threat to human health, which is expected to get worse. Bacterial infecti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers were assessing the presence of bacteria in wild hedgehogs which are found in Europe and New Zealand, and fou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2022
Immunology
When infection strikes, antibiotics are the go-to solution to help patients regain control from the invading bacter
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 26, 2021
Microbiology
We've long known that there are bacteria in the human gut; some can be dangerous if they are ingested. But genetic and c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2021
Microbiology
About half of Americans have used at least one prescription drug at some point in the past thirty days, according to dat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch