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Drug Resistance
Drug Resistance refers to microorganisms mutates and becomes insensitive to a drug that was previously effective. The term is used in the context of resistance that pathogens or cancers have "acquired", that is, resistance has evolved.
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NOV 26, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial cells can easily swap bits of DNA, and many of those pieces of genetic material carry genes that confer resist ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) now poses a significant and escala ...JUN 13, 2025eBooksCandida auris is a unique fungal pathogen that stands out due to its remarkable evolutionary history, distinctive phenot ...Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher ScientificJUN 11, 2025Microbiology
This new kind of drug pipeline was used to screen over one million interactions between small molecules and antibiotics, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2025Microbiology
For years, clinicians and scientists have known that many frontline antibiotics are becoming less reliable. Bacteria con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2025Cell & Molecular BiologyCell culture techniques have long been a cornerstone of biomedical research, drug development, and regenerative medicine ...Sponsored By: Embrient, Inc.APR 09, 2025Plants & Animals
A systematic review published in Discover Oncology explores the anticancer efficacy of medicinal plant extracts in treat ...Written By: Greta AnneMAR 14, 2025Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can cause serious infections. So many of them are becoming resistant to the effects of antibiotics t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2025Microbiology
Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long war ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Some tenacious microbes can be very difficult to eliminate once they form biofilms, which are microbial communities that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2025Earth & The Environment
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people every y ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2024Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages, and they have real potential to defeat antib ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2024Microbiology
Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2024Immunology
Tumors find different ways to avoid immune cell detection and proliferate in their environment. Antitumor immune cells w ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeNOV 08, 2024Cancer
One of the most elusive challenges oncologists encounter is why some patients respond to a particular therapy while othe ...Written By: Katie KokolusOCT 29, 2024Microbiology
Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Beneficial microbes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2024Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These problematic pathogens are already thought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat that is already thought to contribute to the deaths of millions of people ever ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Liquid biopsies have emerged as a powerful tool in modern medicine, enabling non-invasive detection and monitoring of di ...AUG 07, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial cells can easily swap bits of DNA, and many of those pieces of genetic material carry genes that confer resist
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) now poses a significant and escala
...
JUN 13, 2025
eBooks
Candida auris is a unique fungal pathogen that stands out due to its remarkable evolutionary history, distinctive phenot
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
JUN 11, 2025
Microbiology
This new kind of drug pipeline was used to screen over one million interactions between small molecules and antibiotics,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2025
Microbiology
For years, clinicians and scientists have known that many frontline antibiotics are becoming less reliable. Bacteria con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell culture techniques have long been a cornerstone of biomedical research, drug development, and regenerative medicine
...
Sponsored By:
Embrient, Inc.
APR 09, 2025
Plants & Animals
A systematic review published in Discover Oncology explores the anticancer efficacy of medicinal plant extracts in treat
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
MAR 14, 2025
Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can cause serious infections. So many of them are becoming resistant to the effects of antibiotics t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2025
Microbiology
Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long war
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some tenacious microbes can be very difficult to eliminate once they form biofilms, which are microbial communities that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people every y
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2024
Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages, and they have real potential to defeat antib
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2024
Microbiology
Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2024
Immunology
Tumors find different ways to avoid immune cell detection and proliferate in their environment. Antitumor immune cells w
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
NOV 08, 2024
Cancer
One of the most elusive challenges oncologists encounter is why some patients respond to a particular therapy while othe
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
OCT 29, 2024
Microbiology
Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Beneficial microbes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2024
Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These problematic pathogens are already thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat that is already thought to contribute to the deaths of millions of people ever
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Liquid biopsies have emerged as a powerful tool in modern medicine, enabling non-invasive detection and monitoring of di
...
AUG 07, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch