Experts are worried that the overuse of antibiotics means that superbugs are rapidly becoming resistant to any drug, a problem which will kill 10mi
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Soon, though, she was fighting for her life.
You know how bombarding bacterial populations with antibiotics actually makes them stronger?
No one likes getting sick or, even worse, contracting an infection.
Fast forward several decades, however, and the war is changing.
We are heading into a post-antibiotic era, where common infections could once again be deadly.
Antibiotics have been battling bacteria and saving lives since the 1940's. Fast forward several decades, however, and the war is changing.
Mackay Base Hospital specialist in infectious diseases Dr Janath De Silva and Antimicrobial Stewardship Program infectious diseases physician Dr Ka
These so-called superbugs are resistant to most traditional last resort antibiotics. Despite this danger, U.S.
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The rise of drug-resistant "superbugs" is a growing threat to modern medicine, with the emergence in the past year of infections resistan
and have the potential to drive measurable improvement in the fight against superbugs.
Trent's research team examined Acinetobacter baumanni, one of the most dangerous pathogens known to science, and its ability to adapt to prote
The rise of drug-resistant “superbugs” is a growing threat to modern medicine, with the emergence in the past year of infections resistant to even
BOSTON - They're bacteria resistant to some of the strongest antibiotics available and they're evolving faster than scientists can come u
The rise of drug-resistant “superbugs” is a growing threat to modern medicine, with the emergence in the past year of infections resistant to even
Last week, the United Nations announced that antibiotic resistance is the "biggest threat to modern medicine." Nasty superbugs that have
A team from the University of Melbourne’s School of Engineering has developed molecules that can rip through cell walls of superbugs Subscribe to o
The rise of drug-resistant "superbugs" is a growing threat to modern medicine, with the emergence in the past year of infections resistan
The rise of drug-resistant "superbugs" is a growing threat to modern medicine, with the emergence in the past year of infections resistan
Every month now, reports continue to come about new and dangerous antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, commonly referred to as MRSA.
The rise of drug-resistant "superbugs" is a growing threat to modern medicine, with the emergence in the past year of infections resistan
As many in healthcare are well aware, the rise of drug-resistant organisms is becoming a growing public health concern.
A 25-year-old Malaysian PhD student at the University of Melbourne thinks she has figured out how to kill bacteria that have stopped responding to
“There is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and, by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug (antibio
Viruses and bacteria evolve. As we develop drugs to fight infections, diseases adapt. Over time, drug treatments become ineffective.
The studio developed Superbugs which went on to win awards in the U.S. Meanwhile other sectors are also keen to get in on the action.
India has become a hub of superbugs due to antibiotic abuse.
Shu Lam successfully destroyed superbugs in lab tests using a star-shaped polymer that literally rips the cells to shreds.
Tuberculosis. Malaria. Syphilis. Gonorrhea.
A joint research team from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine has combined the latest in advanced mathematics and biomedicine to create
After three years of research, a Ph.D.
UN had held a high-level meeting regarding the drug-resistance superbugs.
Illustration by Sam Ward A new tool is breathing life back into the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
MRSA, a staph bacteria resistant to several antibiotics sickened 10 people in Denmark It’s usually spread in hospitals through person-to-person con
Even those marked as a “last resort” are becoming increasingly redundant in the fight against potentially fatal superbugs.
Not many 25-year-olds can claim to get up at 4 am and work weekends to save the world from an impending Armageddon that could cost tens of millions
A PhD student from the University of Melbourne has developed a molecule that may help destroy mutated bacteria known as 'superbugs'.
Drug-resistant bacteria, or "superbugs", kill 170,000 people a year, but there might be a new way to fight them.
As antibiotics become more commonplace, whether we need them or not, superbugs are worrying doctors and turning up more and more often.
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Scientists at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen have joined forces with an internationally renowned microbiology and chemical analysis com
After three years of research, a Ph.D.
Running for 18 years in Europe, SMi Group’s Superbugs & Superdrugs event will travel across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time to Iselin New
Honey could be used to battle superbugs in NHS hospitals, according to scientists.
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Healthcare environments are particularly sensitive to the presence of drug-resistant pathogens because of the procedures they provide and because s
On September 21, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly passed a declaration aimed at slowing the spread of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, calli
Bacteria are wizzes at developing resistance to our most powerful antibiotics.