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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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FEB 17, 2023Microbiology
Partners can accomplish amazing things, and it seems that is true for bacteria. Large colonies of bacteria called biofil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
A single dose of a common antibiotic could reduce postpartum sepsis risk among women who deliver vaginally. The correspo ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 07, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotic resistance is a rapidly growing threat to public health. Antibiotic resistance refers to the phenomenon ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizFEB 03, 2023Health & Medicine
Cole Butler is a 3rd-year PhD student in the Biomathematics Graduate Program at North Carolina State University whose re ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 29, 2023Microbiology
We share the world, and our bodies with bacteria. Many of those microbes are harmless or even beneficial, while some can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Albicidin is a peptide antibiotic that works as a DNA gyrase inhibitor with bactericidal activity towards fluoroquinolon ...Written By: Greta AnneJAN 20, 2023Neuroscience
While it may not be surprising the gut microbes can affect gut health, gut microbes are also thought to influence neurod ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2023Microbiology
Hospital-acquired infections, or nosocomial infections are not usually present when people are admitted to a hospital, t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2023Microbiology
A new study has shown that when people go to shopping malls, they take home more than new products, and they leave more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization, antimicrobial resistance is among the top ten global health threats facing h ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 29, 2022Plants & Animals
The FDA Modernization Act 2.0 was unanimously passed through the United States Senate on September 29, 2022, a ...Written By: Greta AnneDEC 28, 2022Health & Medicine
For millennia the arms race between bacteria and animals was fought through mutations and evolution. As modern bacteria ...Written By: Amielle MorenoDEC 20, 2022Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
It was once thought that inflammation and immune responses in the brain were limited; that is was a so-called immune pri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2022Health & Medicine
Every so often, diseases that ravaged past populations pop up in movies or TV, and every now and again an archaeologist ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanDEC 05, 2022Health & Medicine
The gastrointestinal tract is home to trillions of microbes, many of which have a crucial role in our health. Now the US ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2022Neuroscience
Suppressing certain gut bacteria leads mice to binge-eat foods high in sugar. The corresponding study was published ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 03, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem; antibiotic resistant microbes already kill tens of thousands of people aroun ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
In the arms race between animal and bacteria, endogenous antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are our body’s way of defen ...Written By: Amielle MorenoNOV 28, 2022Microbiology
New research has shown that a vaccine for the bacteria commonly associated with urinary tract infections works in animal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Long-term antibiotic use to treat adolescent acne disrupts the gut microbiome and impairs bone maturation. The correspon ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 24, 2022Microbiology
Researchers sought to learn how dangerous drug-resistant Klebsiella, which can be found in many places, like farms, hosp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
One of the most significant consequences of climate change is the greenhouse gases generated from the microbial decompos ...Written By: Anusha NaganathanNOV 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium that is transmitted by tick bites. The incidence of Lyme disease has been increasi ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2023
Microbiology
Partners can accomplish amazing things, and it seems that is true for bacteria. Large colonies of bacteria called biofil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
A single dose of a common antibiotic could reduce postpartum sepsis risk among women who deliver vaginally. The correspo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 07, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotic resistance is a rapidly growing threat to public health. Antibiotic resistance refers to the phenomenon
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
FEB 03, 2023
Health & Medicine
Cole Butler is a 3rd-year PhD student in the Biomathematics Graduate Program at North Carolina State University whose re
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 29, 2023
Microbiology
We share the world, and our bodies with bacteria. Many of those microbes are harmless or even beneficial, while some can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Albicidin is a peptide antibiotic that works as a DNA gyrase inhibitor with bactericidal activity towards fluoroquinolon
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JAN 20, 2023
Neuroscience
While it may not be surprising the gut microbes can affect gut health, gut microbes are also thought to influence neurod
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2023
Microbiology
Hospital-acquired infections, or nosocomial infections are not usually present when people are admitted to a hospital, t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2023
Microbiology
A new study has shown that when people go to shopping malls, they take home more than new products, and they leave more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization, antimicrobial resistance is among the top ten global health threats facing h
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 29, 2022
Plants & Animals
The FDA Modernization Act 2.0 was unanimously passed through the United States Senate on September 29, 2022, a
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
DEC 28, 2022
Health & Medicine
For millennia the arms race between bacteria and animals was fought through mutations and evolution. As modern bacteria
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
DEC 20, 2022
Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
It was once thought that inflammation and immune responses in the brain were limited; that is was a so-called immune pri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Every so often, diseases that ravaged past populations pop up in movies or TV, and every now and again an archaeologist
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
DEC 05, 2022
Health & Medicine
The gastrointestinal tract is home to trillions of microbes, many of which have a crucial role in our health. Now the US
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2022
Neuroscience
Suppressing certain gut bacteria leads mice to binge-eat foods high in sugar. The corresponding study was published
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 03, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem; antibiotic resistant microbes already kill tens of thousands of people aroun
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In the arms race between animal and bacteria, endogenous antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are our body’s way of defen
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 28, 2022
Microbiology
New research has shown that a vaccine for the bacteria commonly associated with urinary tract infections works in animal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Long-term antibiotic use to treat adolescent acne disrupts the gut microbiome and impairs bone maturation. The correspon
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 24, 2022
Microbiology
Researchers sought to learn how dangerous drug-resistant Klebsiella, which can be found in many places, like farms, hosp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
One of the most significant consequences of climate change is the greenhouse gases generated from the microbial decompos
...
Written By:
Anusha Naganathan
NOV 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium that is transmitted by tick bites. The incidence of Lyme disease has been increasi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch