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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 14, 2017Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 07, 2017Videos
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that could affect the health of thousands. From overuse of antibiotic drugs, some bac ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Clostridium difficile infections are very serious. One effective, but strange treatment for the illness has been confirm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
As many of us are aware, the antimicrobial resistance crisis is now regarded as a global public health threat. Bacterial ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 30, 2017Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 29, 2017Videos
If you're out to eat and don't want to run to the bathroom to wash your hands before your meal, you might turn to the po ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2017Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that garlic contains a compound that can fight chronic bacterial infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2017Neuroscience
Everyone knows that opioids are dangerous if not prescribed cautiously and taken exactly as directed. Even when the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing health problem, one that already kills an estimated 23,000 people every year in the U ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
Salmonella enterica is the leading cause of bacterial illness in the United States as well as other parts of the world. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 21, 2017Microbiology
Human norovirus was originally called Norwalk virus after the town of Norwalk, OH where the first confirmed outbreak occ ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 16, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Genome editing, now inspired by yeast, aims to turn a 'hacksaw to a scalpel.'Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2017Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 12, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Bacteria has continued to evolve, becoming resistant to antibiotics, but scientists have found a screen to help combat t ...Written By: Courtney SchaalNOV 11, 2017Microbiology
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, is a type of antibiotic resistant bacteria that causes ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A boy whose extremely fragile skin, like that of a butterfly, has been saved by an experimental therapy. The first-of-it ...NOV 10, 2017Immunology
The only way to overcome multidrug-resistant bacteria is to design a drug that bacteria have never encountered. In a new ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2017Videos
Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed class of medication, second only to antibiotics. That's because depress ...NOV 09, 2017Videos
The antibiotic resistance crisis has threatened the treatment and prevention of infections caused by bacteria, viruses a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 08, 2017Microbiology
Over the last several decades the growth of the aquaculture industry has accelerated. Aquaculture can be defined as the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 06, 2017Immunology
Around the world pregnant women and their babies are at risk of a bacterial infection that is a major cause of maternal ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2017Microbiology
Campylobacter causes an estimated 1.3 million illnesses each year in the United States. The bacteria are curved or s-sha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 27, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made many advances in gene-editing technology in recent years, and it's undergoing constant improvement ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I ...
DEC 14, 2017
Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 07, 2017
Videos
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that could affect the health of thousands. From overuse of antibiotic drugs, some bac
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Clostridium difficile infections are very serious. One effective, but strange treatment for the illness has been confirm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
As many of us are aware, the antimicrobial resistance crisis is now regarded as a global public health threat. Bacterial
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 30, 2017
Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 29, 2017
Videos
If you're out to eat and don't want to run to the bathroom to wash your hands before your meal, you might turn to the po
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that garlic contains a compound that can fight chronic bacterial infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2017
Neuroscience
Everyone knows that opioids are dangerous if not prescribed cautiously and taken exactly as directed. Even when the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing health problem, one that already kills an estimated 23,000 people every year in the U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
Salmonella enterica is the leading cause of bacterial illness in the United States as well as other parts of the world.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 21, 2017
Microbiology
Human norovirus was originally called Norwalk virus after the town of Norwalk, OH where the first confirmed outbreak occ
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 16, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Genome editing, now inspired by yeast, aims to turn a 'hacksaw to a scalpel.'
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2017
Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Bacteria has continued to evolve, becoming resistant to antibiotics, but scientists have found a screen to help combat t
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 11, 2017
Microbiology
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, is a type of antibiotic resistant bacteria that causes
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A boy whose extremely fragile skin, like that of a butterfly, has been saved by an experimental therapy. The first-of-it
...
NOV 10, 2017
Immunology
The only way to overcome multidrug-resistant bacteria is to design a drug that bacteria have never encountered. In a new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2017
Videos
Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed class of medication, second only to antibiotics. That's because depress
...
NOV 09, 2017
Videos
The antibiotic resistance crisis has threatened the treatment and prevention of infections caused by bacteria, viruses a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 08, 2017
Microbiology
Over the last several decades the growth of the aquaculture industry has accelerated. Aquaculture can be defined as the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 06, 2017
Immunology
Around the world pregnant women and their babies are at risk of a bacterial infection that is a major cause of maternal
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2017
Microbiology
Campylobacter causes an estimated 1.3 million illnesses each year in the United States. The bacteria are curved or s-sha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 27, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made many advances in gene-editing technology in recent years, and it's undergoing constant improvement
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I
...