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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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AUG 24, 2021
Microbiology
Research has indicated that babies get many benefits from breastmilk, even if they are only fed that way for a very shor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers recently discovered bacteria that fed on the element manganese. Scientists also know that some bacterial pat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2021
Microbiology
Blood culture is the most widely used diagnostic tool for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia. It is the most impor
...
Sponsored By:
bioMérieux Inc
JUL 21, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Even Giant Galapagos Tortoises, (seen here migrating in a photo by Juan Manuel GarcÃa) are not safe from the world's ant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotics are a standard treatment for bacterial infections, but more and more of these bacterial infections can't be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, and experts have been warning about it for so long, they've
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2021
Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens are thought to be a growing threat to public health. Streptococcus pneumoniae, for example, is most
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Microbiology
The natural world is full of microbes, fungi, and plants that have given us valuable medicines, like tetracyclines, peni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2021
Microbiology
Viruses are not the only microbes that can cause serious public health problems. Researchers have been warning about a p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A recent study published in the journal Nature Chemistry reports on the development of a hand-held device that coul
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 03, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers behind a large trial of antibiotics for chronic lung diseases have found that that the drugs are ineffective
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 16, 2021
Microbiology
Organic food has been touted as healthier, but that's been debated. While meat that is produced organically now has to m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Immunology
Salmonella infections are a massive problem—Over 95 million people are affected by this foodborne illness every ye
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 11, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care, and early diagnosis is a decisive factor in determini
...
Sponsored By:
bioMérieux Inc
MAY 03, 2021
Immunology
We know that processed foods like ice cream, potato chips, and candy bars in excess can cause people to pile on the poun
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 21, 2021
Health & Medicine
Research underway is showing topical probiotics to be a beneficial treatment for acne vulgaris. Topical probiotics are a
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
APR 14, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A research team from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, has devised an ultra-thin 2D antimicrobial coating that co
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 25, 2021
Immunology
Nitric oxide, a molecule produced by the immune system, can negatively impact antibiotics’ effectiveness, says a s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 15, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance was developing in bacteria earlier than we knew.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Diphtheria was once a leading cause of death for children; immunization programs eventually changed that for most countr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers and clinicians have long been warning about the rise of antibiotic resistant superbugs, pathogenic bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2021
Microbiology
Chemicals that are designed to kill weeds, known as herbicides, can apparently raise the levels of antibiotic resistant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, shows that fetal exposure to antibiotics in mid to late pregn
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin