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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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DEC 27, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Clinicians may soon be able to use a fingerprint to determine whether a tuberculosis patient has taken the proper antibi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A highly drug-resistant strain of cholera has been found in patients around the world, according to a new report in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2024Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2024Microbiology
Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2024Microbiology
Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Beneficial microbes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2024Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These problematic pathogens are already thought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can oceanic microbes help produce antibiotics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
Researchers went 'bioprospecting' in marine microbes, looking for those that can perform helpful functions like eating p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2024Plants & Animals
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common health concern, particularly among women, and are often treated with antibi ...Written By: Greta AnneSEP 05, 2024Immunology
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that occurs in the lung, caused by bacteria. It is spread through the air and ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeAUG 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2024Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a compound that can clear multiple strains of bacteria in mice, including those that lead to ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 24, 2024Microbiology
According to The Lancet, almost 5 million deaths were associated with antibiotic resistance in 2019 alone.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
This image by C. G. Wilson shows a rotifer that has survived a life-threatening fungal infection by using acquired micro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A study published in Nature of the LolCDE complex, as detailed through various experimental approaches and analyses, pro ...Written By: Greta AnneJUN 13, 2024Immunology
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas – an organ in the body primarily responsible for secreting insulin to ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeMAY 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, the efficacy of many front-line antibiotics has been declining because of the spread of antibiotic resis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2024Immunology
Sepsis is a condition in which the body responds improperly. More specifically, the infection causes the organs in the b ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeAPR 29, 2024Microbiology
Hundreds of thousands of people die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections or from the complications of those i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2024Immunology
Pathogens enter the body in different ways, but once inside, our immune systems detect and eliminate the foreign invader ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeAPR 24, 2024Microbiology
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections, and unless there is a risk that a viral infection will lead to other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2024Microbiology
Our skin is a natural barrier that protects our bodies from harm, and is also home to a community of microbes. But it se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2024Microbiology
The trillions of microbes in the gut have a tremendous influence on human health and well-being, and gut microbes can af ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Microbiology
Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acu ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Clinicians may soon be able to use a fingerprint to determine whether a tuberculosis patient has taken the proper antibi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A highly drug-resistant strain of cholera has been found in patients around the world, according to a new report in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2024
Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2024
Microbiology
Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2024
Microbiology
Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Beneficial microbes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2024
Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These problematic pathogens are already thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can oceanic microbes help produce antibiotics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Researchers went 'bioprospecting' in marine microbes, looking for those that can perform helpful functions like eating p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2024
Plants & Animals
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common health concern, particularly among women, and are often treated with antibi
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
SEP 05, 2024
Immunology
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that occurs in the lung, caused by bacteria. It is spread through the air and
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
AUG 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a compound that can clear multiple strains of bacteria in mice, including those that lead to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 24, 2024
Microbiology
According to The Lancet, almost 5 million deaths were associated with antibiotic resistance in 2019 alone.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
This image by C. G. Wilson shows a rotifer that has survived a life-threatening fungal infection by using acquired micro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A study published in Nature of the LolCDE complex, as detailed through various experimental approaches and analyses, pro
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JUN 13, 2024
Immunology
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas – an organ in the body primarily responsible for secreting insulin to
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
MAY 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, the efficacy of many front-line antibiotics has been declining because of the spread of antibiotic resis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2024
Immunology
Sepsis is a condition in which the body responds improperly. More specifically, the infection causes the organs in the b
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
APR 29, 2024
Microbiology
Hundreds of thousands of people die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections or from the complications of those i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2024
Immunology
Pathogens enter the body in different ways, but once inside, our immune systems detect and eliminate the foreign invader
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
APR 24, 2024
Microbiology
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections, and unless there is a risk that a viral infection will lead to other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2024
Microbiology
Our skin is a natural barrier that protects our bodies from harm, and is also home to a community of microbes. But it se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2024
Microbiology
The trillions of microbes in the gut have a tremendous influence on human health and well-being, and gut microbes can af
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Microbiology
Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch