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Antibiotics
Antibiotics: is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections. They may either kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.
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APR 29, 2020Microbiology
Antibiotics are critical drugs that have saved millions of lives, but bacteria can also gain resistance to them, renderi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures i ...Written By: Lawrence RennaAPR 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers were seeking a promising new strategy to challenge drug resistance in leukemia. They found that targeted low ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have recently developed a large molecule database that can help drug development. The database called ‘ ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 09, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces is now more relevant than ever. The researchers ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Although US President Donald Trump is a strong supporter of antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVI ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Now more than ever we are all thinking about germs. Germs, microbes, bacteria, viruses – it’s a constant min ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The gene enables bacteria to resist the effects of an aminoglycoside antibiotic called plazomycin.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2020Earth & The Environment
Here’s a compelling reason to start composting: your municipal solid waste is producing airborne antibiotic-resist ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered something very unusual about a protein that is thought to be important to the development of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
In the race to halt the current coronavirus pandemic, scientists, health experts and even Elon Musk are considering chlo ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 17, 2020Microbiology
Intestinal stem cells help regenerate the lining of the intestine, and that lining or epithelium plays a number of criti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2020Cancer
Research published recently in Nature provides evidence for a direct link between the presence of E. coli and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 02, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers engineer mutant ribosomes that can create biopolymers that are not found in nature.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract carry their own genomes and can produce and secrete molecules that have an ef ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2020Cardiology
Heart diseases, also known as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number 1 cause of death around the world. In 2016 a ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 24, 2020Microbiology
There's been a rise in harmful stereotyping and discrimination against certain populations because of coronavirus.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2020Immunology
Babies born more than three weeks before full term are met with complicated and often life-threatening health challenges ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Using AI, researchers at MIT have found a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing some of the most dangerous drug-res ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics for superbug infections? A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims tha ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Pregnant women prescribed macrolide antibiotics during the first trimester of pregnancy place their children at an incre ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 18, 2020Microbiology
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the adaptability of microbes has created a problem that people must solve.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Doctors in Thailand have successfully treated people affected by the coronavirus via a new drug cocktail made out of ant ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 30, 2020Microbiology
This research also suggests that antibiotics do not increase the rate at which bacteria acquire drug resistance genes.Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotics are critical drugs that have saved millions of lives, but bacteria can also gain resistance to them, renderi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures i
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers were seeking a promising new strategy to challenge drug resistance in leukemia. They found that targeted low
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have recently developed a large molecule database that can help drug development. The database called ‘
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 09, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces is now more relevant than ever. The researchers
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Although US President Donald Trump is a strong supporter of antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVI
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Now more than ever we are all thinking about germs. Germs, microbes, bacteria, viruses – it’s a constant min
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The gene enables bacteria to resist the effects of an aminoglycoside antibiotic called plazomycin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Here’s a compelling reason to start composting: your municipal solid waste is producing airborne antibiotic-resist
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered something very unusual about a protein that is thought to be important to the development of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
In the race to halt the current coronavirus pandemic, scientists, health experts and even Elon Musk are considering chlo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 17, 2020
Microbiology
Intestinal stem cells help regenerate the lining of the intestine, and that lining or epithelium plays a number of criti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2020
Cancer
Research published recently in Nature provides evidence for a direct link between the presence of E. coli and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers engineer mutant ribosomes that can create biopolymers that are not found in nature.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract carry their own genomes and can produce and secrete molecules that have an ef
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2020
Cardiology
Heart diseases, also known as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number 1 cause of death around the world. In 2016 a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 24, 2020
Microbiology
There's been a rise in harmful stereotyping and discrimination against certain populations because of coronavirus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2020
Immunology
Babies born more than three weeks before full term are met with complicated and often life-threatening health challenges
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Using AI, researchers at MIT have found a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing some of the most dangerous drug-res
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics for superbug infections? A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims tha
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Pregnant women prescribed macrolide antibiotics during the first trimester of pregnancy place their children at an incre
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 18, 2020
Microbiology
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the adaptability of microbes has created a problem that people must solve.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Doctors in Thailand have successfully treated people affected by the coronavirus via a new drug cocktail made out of ant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
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