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Bacteria Resistant: is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe. The term antibiotic resistance is a subset of AMR, as it applies only to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
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MAR 21, 2020Technology
Mutations in bacteria or even cancer cells can make them resistant to drug treatments—that means they no longer re ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have identified a strategy used by cells to shield them from the toxins that can be released by dangerous bac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2020Microbiology
Noroviruses can contaminate fresh produce and in developed nations, they are the most common cause of gastroenteritis.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2020Immunology
Babies born more than three weeks before full term are met with complicated and often life-threatening health challenges ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Using AI, researchers at MIT have found a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing some of the most dangerous drug-res ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics for superbug infections? A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims tha ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 19, 2020Immunology
What do the gut microbiome, antibodies, and rainbow trout have in common? A lot, says researcher J. Oriol Sunyer from th ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 18, 2020Microbiology
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the adaptability of microbes has created a problem that people must solve.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2020Microbiology
This research also suggests that antibiotics do not increase the rate at which bacteria acquire drug resistance genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2020Technology
Aquatic microbes often serve as challenge to study, after all, they are too tiny to detect. But, what if there was a dev ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 22, 2020Cannabis Sciences
The World Health Organization has identified antibiotic resistance, when bacteria no longer respond to antibiotics, as o ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The acids of the stomach may not pose a problem for bad bugs.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A study published by PNAS explains breakthrough research around designing drugs that target C. diff bacterial infections ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 01, 2020Microbiology
Honey has been used in homeopathic medicine as a wound healer, and now researchers have developed a special application ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2019Microbiology
It takes a long time for a drug to be approved for use in humans; repurposing existing drugs is one way to get around th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In 2018, around ten million people around the globe were sickened by tuberculosis (TB) and about 1.5 million people were ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2019Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of Nottingham are seeking new ways to improve vaccine use in the protection against the bac ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 20, 2019Neuroscience
Research is increasingly pointing towards the importance of the gut-brain axis in regulating our health. Not only has th ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The CDC is warning people about an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria that's been linked to store-bought puppies.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2019Microbiology
When staph begins to grow on medical devices like implants used on wounds, artificial joints, or catheters, they can cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2019Neuroscience
A study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland suggests that excessive usage of certain antibiotics may increase one ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 04, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
A physician is faced with 3 patients: an elderly person with a chronic cough, a child being wheeled out of surgery and a ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
MAR 21, 2020
Technology
Mutations in bacteria or even cancer cells can make them resistant to drug treatments—that means they no longer re
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have identified a strategy used by cells to shield them from the toxins that can be released by dangerous bac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2020
Microbiology
Noroviruses can contaminate fresh produce and in developed nations, they are the most common cause of gastroenteritis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2020
Immunology
Babies born more than three weeks before full term are met with complicated and often life-threatening health challenges
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Using AI, researchers at MIT have found a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing some of the most dangerous drug-res
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics for superbug infections? A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims tha
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 19, 2020
Immunology
What do the gut microbiome, antibodies, and rainbow trout have in common? A lot, says researcher J. Oriol Sunyer from th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 18, 2020
Microbiology
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the adaptability of microbes has created a problem that people must solve.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2020
Microbiology
This research also suggests that antibiotics do not increase the rate at which bacteria acquire drug resistance genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2020
Technology
Aquatic microbes often serve as challenge to study, after all, they are too tiny to detect. But, what if there was a dev
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 22, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
The World Health Organization has identified antibiotic resistance, when bacteria no longer respond to antibiotics, as o
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The acids of the stomach may not pose a problem for bad bugs.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published by PNAS explains breakthrough research around designing drugs that target C. diff bacterial infections
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 01, 2020
Microbiology
Honey has been used in homeopathic medicine as a wound healer, and now researchers have developed a special application
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2019
Microbiology
It takes a long time for a drug to be approved for use in humans; repurposing existing drugs is one way to get around th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In 2018, around ten million people around the globe were sickened by tuberculosis (TB) and about 1.5 million people were
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of Nottingham are seeking new ways to improve vaccine use in the protection against the bac
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 20, 2019
Neuroscience
Research is increasingly pointing towards the importance of the gut-brain axis in regulating our health. Not only has th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The CDC is warning people about an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria that's been linked to store-bought puppies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2019
Microbiology
When staph begins to grow on medical devices like implants used on wounds, artificial joints, or catheters, they can cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2019
Neuroscience
A study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland suggests that excessive usage of certain antibiotics may increase one
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 04, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
A physician is faced with 3 patients: an elderly person with a chronic cough, a child being wheeled out of surgery and a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes