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Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, and some parasites, to resist the effects of drugs, meaning that the germs are not only not killed, but there their growth is not inhibited. For obvious reasons, infections with resistant organisms are difficult to treat, requiring costly and sometimes toxic alternatives. While some people are at increased risk, no single person can avoid the risk of antibiotic-resistant infections altogether. Since organisms will always find a way to adapt and resist antibiotics, there is a heightened need to keep new resistance from developing and to prevent the resistance that already exists from spreading.
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NOV 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 HertrichOCT 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 16, 2017Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in ChinaWritten By: Sarah HertrichSEP 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce ...AUG 27, 2017Videos
McDonald's Corporation announced that in 2018, it will reduce the use of human antibiotics in its chicken to help addres ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have made major strides in our understanding of how bacteria are able to resist the action of antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2017Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization recently reported on the alarming rise of “super gonorrhea” that can outmaneuv ...JUL 11, 2017Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 08, 2017Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2017Microbiology
Metformin is a drug that helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose level, but nobody really knows ho ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 31, 2017Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 20, 2017Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2017Videos
Antimicrobial resistance is not only a growing health threat, it's already a huge problem; it just doesn't get much atte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing an infection as bacterial or viral can be difficult, even for trained specialists. And while it may seem sens ...MAR 05, 2017Microbiology
Alarm bells have been ringing all over the world about drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to pose a huge threa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2017Microbiology
As if Komodo dragons weren’t cool enough, a new study reports that these guys have antimicrobial proteins in their ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A new antibiotic, teixobactin, was identified a few years ago. It can kill bacteria and has not been shown resistance by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2017Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 06, 2016Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have created a new device that allows for the measurement of the growth rate of many individual cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this month that they would be banning 19 antimicrobial chemical ...Written By: Kara Marker
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
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 16, 2017
Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in China
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce
...
AUG 27, 2017
Videos
McDonald's Corporation announced that in 2018, it will reduce the use of human antibiotics in its chicken to help addres
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have made major strides in our understanding of how bacteria are able to resist the action of antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2017
Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization recently reported on the alarming rise of “super gonorrhea” that can outmaneuv
...
JUL 11, 2017
Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 08, 2017
Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2017
Microbiology
Metformin is a drug that helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose level, but nobody really knows ho
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 31, 2017
Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 20, 2017
Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2017
Videos
Antimicrobial resistance is not only a growing health threat, it's already a huge problem; it just doesn't get much atte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing an infection as bacterial or viral can be difficult, even for trained specialists. And while it may seem sens
...
MAR 05, 2017
Microbiology
Alarm bells have been ringing all over the world about drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to pose a huge threa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2017
Microbiology
As if Komodo dragons weren’t cool enough, a new study reports that these guys have antimicrobial proteins in their
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new antibiotic, teixobactin, was identified a few years ago. It can kill bacteria and has not been shown resistance by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2017
Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 06, 2016
Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have created a new device that allows for the measurement of the growth rate of many individual cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this month that they would be banning 19 antimicrobial chemical
...
Written By:
Kara Marker