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Indian Researchers Develop Natural Weapon To Fight Antibiotic Resistance
The study, published in the journal 'Surfaces and Interphases', explores sustainable ways to counter the growing problem of "superbugs"- a bacteria that has developed resistance due to the excessive use of traditional antibiotics.
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Spread Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Surging, WHO Warns
The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly.
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Century-Old Virus Therapy May Help Tackle Growing Antibiotic Resistance Crisis
As antibiotic resistance rises, researchers are revisiting phage therapy - a 100-year-old treatment using viruses to fight bacteria - showing promising results in overcoming drug-resistant infections.
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MIT Scientists Develop Superbug-Killing Antibiotics Using Generative AI
Both new antibiotics were able to kill strains of bacteria that are becoming increasingly difficult to treat with existing antibiotics.
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Fitness Enthusiasts Warned in US, UK After Rise In Superbug Infections
Poor hygiene practices, such as not cleaning equipment or not showering after workouts, can increase the risk of transmission.
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IIT Roorkee Finds Breakthrough To Beat World's Most Dangerous Superbugs
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee have developed a new drug candidate that could restore the power of a critical antibiotic against one of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
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Superbugs Threaten Millions Of Lives And $2 Trillion Loss By 2050, Study Warns
This finding has led to criticism that recent substantial reductions in foreign aid, particularly in programs combating AMR, are counterproductive.
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Ancient Killer That Doctors Can No Longer Stop Is Spreading Worldwide: Study
A 2022 study reveals that the bacterium causing typhoid fever is rapidly developing extensive resistance to antibiotics, with highly resistant strains spreading globally from South Asia to Western countries, posing a significant challenge to public h
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Typhoid Fever's Deadly Mutation: Ancient Killer Becomes Resistant To Last-Resort Antibiotics
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is evolving extensive drug resistance, making treatment challenging. Researchers found a rise in XDR Typhi strains resistant to frontline and newer antibiotics, spreading globally at an alarming rate.
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Artificial Intelligence Solves Superbug Mystery In 48 Hours, Scientists Shocked
Professor Jose Penades and his team at Imperial College London spent years investigating why superbugs were immune to antibiotics.
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80-Year-Old Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Superbug Crisis: Report
Researchers are revisiting streptothricin, an antibiotic developed over 80 years ago and previously sidelined due to toxicity concerns, now being studied as nourseothricin.
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40 Million Projected To Die by 2050 Because Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, as the researchers called for action to avoid this grim scenario.
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How Gorillas And Traditional Healers May Inspire Breakthroughs in Medicine
Wild great apes often consume medicinal plants that can treat their ailments. The same plants are often used by local people in traditional medicine.
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Soda Fountains Contain High Levels Of Deadly "Superbug" Bacteria: Study
The study, published in August in the journal Drinking Water claims that these disease-causing germs were found in almost half of soda fountains.
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Covid Pandemic Led To Surge In "Superbug Infections": EU's Disease Agency
Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Indian Researchers Develop Natural Weapon To Fight Antibiotic Resistance
The study, published in the journal 'Surfaces and Interphases', explores sustainable ways to counter the growing problem of "superbugs"- a bacteria that has developed resistance due to the excessive use of traditional antibiotics.
-
Spread Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Surging, WHO Warns
The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly.
-
Century-Old Virus Therapy May Help Tackle Growing Antibiotic Resistance Crisis
As antibiotic resistance rises, researchers are revisiting phage therapy - a 100-year-old treatment using viruses to fight bacteria - showing promising results in overcoming drug-resistant infections.
-
MIT Scientists Develop Superbug-Killing Antibiotics Using Generative AI
Both new antibiotics were able to kill strains of bacteria that are becoming increasingly difficult to treat with existing antibiotics.
-
Fitness Enthusiasts Warned in US, UK After Rise In Superbug Infections
Poor hygiene practices, such as not cleaning equipment or not showering after workouts, can increase the risk of transmission.
-
IIT Roorkee Finds Breakthrough To Beat World's Most Dangerous Superbugs
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee have developed a new drug candidate that could restore the power of a critical antibiotic against one of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
-
Superbugs Threaten Millions Of Lives And $2 Trillion Loss By 2050, Study Warns
This finding has led to criticism that recent substantial reductions in foreign aid, particularly in programs combating AMR, are counterproductive.
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Ancient Killer That Doctors Can No Longer Stop Is Spreading Worldwide: Study
A 2022 study reveals that the bacterium causing typhoid fever is rapidly developing extensive resistance to antibiotics, with highly resistant strains spreading globally from South Asia to Western countries, posing a significant challenge to public h
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Typhoid Fever's Deadly Mutation: Ancient Killer Becomes Resistant To Last-Resort Antibiotics
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is evolving extensive drug resistance, making treatment challenging. Researchers found a rise in XDR Typhi strains resistant to frontline and newer antibiotics, spreading globally at an alarming rate.
-
Artificial Intelligence Solves Superbug Mystery In 48 Hours, Scientists Shocked
Professor Jose Penades and his team at Imperial College London spent years investigating why superbugs were immune to antibiotics.
-
80-Year-Old Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Superbug Crisis: Report
Researchers are revisiting streptothricin, an antibiotic developed over 80 years ago and previously sidelined due to toxicity concerns, now being studied as nourseothricin.
-
40 Million Projected To Die by 2050 Because Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, as the researchers called for action to avoid this grim scenario.
-
How Gorillas And Traditional Healers May Inspire Breakthroughs in Medicine
Wild great apes often consume medicinal plants that can treat their ailments. The same plants are often used by local people in traditional medicine.
-
Soda Fountains Contain High Levels Of Deadly "Superbug" Bacteria: Study
The study, published in August in the journal Drinking Water claims that these disease-causing germs were found in almost half of soda fountains.
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Covid Pandemic Led To Surge In "Superbug Infections": EU's Disease Agency
Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
