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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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JUN 06, 2022Microbiology
In 1999, a miniature rotor that could be moved reliably was attached to a molecule. Researchers have come a long way sin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The Salmonella bacterium is a common cause of foodborne illness, and it isn't unusual to find strains of the microbe in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics were a revolutionary tool in the fight against bacterial infections. In recent years, however, the emergence ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 23, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study from the University of Birmingham and National Institutes of Health has shown that patients who are prescrib ...Written By: Zoe MichaudMAY 15, 2022Microbiology
In a clinical first, reported in Cell, researchers used viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages or phages fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2022Immunology
Infections are common, and many are becoming increasingly hard for clinicians to treat. Antibiotics are often used to tr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
The composition of the gut microbiome is predictive of patient responses to statins. The corresponding study was publish ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 11, 2022Microbiology
There is debate about exactly what makes a diet healthy, but most experts can agree on some things, like the importance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/acinetobacter-baumanni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2022Microbiology
Bacteria can exist as individual cells, but there is strength in numbers. Many microbes form clusters called biofilms, l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2022Microbiology
As the planet warms, fires are becoming increasingly common in unusual places like the Arctic, and the size and season o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2022Immunology
Antibiotic resistance has increased the demand for new antibiotic treatments. Now, researchers have found that a ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 20, 2022Microbiology
The importance of gut microbes in human health has been made apparent by a mountain of evidence, and they can affect bio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2022Microbiology
Despite the dire, well-documented risks of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which threatens to kill 10 million people a y ...Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher ScientificAPR 10, 2022Microbiology
There is growing concern about whether our antibiotics can keep pace with the threats posed by new and emerging bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2022Microbiology
Although antibiotic resistance is becoming a problem, many bacterial infections can still be prevented or eliminated wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A pathogen common among people with cystic fibrosis combined with an antifungal drug can clear otherwise difficult-to-tr ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 09, 2022Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is already a major threat to public health; in 2019 alone, antibiotic resistant bacterial infectio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
There's a microbial arms race going on all around us, and bacteria have devised some sneaky ways to compete with other c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2022Immunology
Research has revealed that nearly the entire human body has been colonized by microbes. While studies have shown just ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2022Immunology
Tumors have a sneaky strategy of becoming resistant to chemotherapy drugs—they have a way of “pumping ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 03, 2022Immunology
Cyclotides are small, ring-shaped proteins produced by plants to defend themselves from certain insect pests and bacteri ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 02, 2022Microbiology
Bacteria can easily pass bits of DNA to one another, this process, known as horizontal gene exchange, is known to be inv ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2022
Microbiology
In 1999, a miniature rotor that could be moved reliably was attached to a molecule. Researchers have come a long way sin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Salmonella bacterium is a common cause of foodborne illness, and it isn't unusual to find strains of the microbe in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics were a revolutionary tool in the fight against bacterial infections. In recent years, however, the emergence
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 23, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study from the University of Birmingham and National Institutes of Health has shown that patients who are prescrib
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
MAY 15, 2022
Microbiology
In a clinical first, reported in Cell, researchers used viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages or phages fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2022
Immunology
Infections are common, and many are becoming increasingly hard for clinicians to treat. Antibiotics are often used to tr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The composition of the gut microbiome is predictive of patient responses to statins. The corresponding study was publish
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 11, 2022
Microbiology
There is debate about exactly what makes a diet healthy, but most experts can agree on some things, like the importance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/acinetobacter-baumanni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2022
Microbiology
Bacteria can exist as individual cells, but there is strength in numbers. Many microbes form clusters called biofilms, l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2022
Microbiology
As the planet warms, fires are becoming increasingly common in unusual places like the Arctic, and the size and season o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2022
Immunology
Antibiotic resistance has increased the demand for new antibiotic treatments. Now, researchers have found that a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 20, 2022
Microbiology
The importance of gut microbes in human health has been made apparent by a mountain of evidence, and they can affect bio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2022
Microbiology
Despite the dire, well-documented risks of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which threatens to kill 10 million people a y
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
APR 10, 2022
Microbiology
There is growing concern about whether our antibiotics can keep pace with the threats posed by new and emerging bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2022
Microbiology
Although antibiotic resistance is becoming a problem, many bacterial infections can still be prevented or eliminated wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A pathogen common among people with cystic fibrosis combined with an antifungal drug can clear otherwise difficult-to-tr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 09, 2022
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is already a major threat to public health; in 2019 alone, antibiotic resistant bacterial infectio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
There's a microbial arms race going on all around us, and bacteria have devised some sneaky ways to compete with other c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2022
Immunology
Research has revealed that nearly the entire human body has been colonized by microbes. While studies have shown just ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2022
Immunology
Tumors have a sneaky strategy of becoming resistant to chemotherapy drugs—they have a way of “pumping
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 03, 2022
Immunology
Cyclotides are small, ring-shaped proteins produced by plants to defend themselves from certain insect pests and bacteri
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 02, 2022
Microbiology
Bacteria can easily pass bits of DNA to one another, this process, known as horizontal gene exchange, is known to be inv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch