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January 15, 2004 |
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Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help An overview on how antibiotic therapy comes into play in the treatment of the flu and colds. |
BusinessWeek
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Superbugs: Where Are the Wonder Drugs? Antibiotics are losing the battle against superbugs, and drugmakers are slow to replenish the arsenal. |
American Family Physician
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When Antibiotics Can Help A consumer's guide: What are antibiotics?... How do antibiotics work?... What is antibiotic resistance?... How can I prevent antibiotic resistance?... |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
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Computer-Designed Drugs Could Thwart Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Researchers use computer algorithms to tweak enzymes that make antibiotics |
AskMen.com
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The Lowdown On Superbugs The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to the development of resistant strains of bacteria, commonly referred to as superbugs. |
Geotimes
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Cave Discovery Dazzles National Park A new cave find could help scientists learn about the geologic history of the Sierra Nevada. |
Chemistry World
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Diagnosing bacterial growth Antibiotics are used regularly for treating bacterial infections, but there is currently no quick and simple test to determine the most effective type or dose of antibiotic for a specific patient infection. |
American Family Physician
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How Low Can You Go? A tough-as-nails cadre of Russian and Ukranian speleologists wriggles and blasts its way to caving's grand prize: the mythic 2,000-meter mark... |
Chemistry World
January 8, 2015
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New antibiotic could treat infection while dodging resistance problems A new antibiotic that can kill life-threatening bacteria -- without them appearing to be able to develop resistance to the drug -- has been discovered by a team of scientists. |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2015
Dinsa Sachan |
Target ignorance to tackle resistance After the discovery of the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) gene, which renders some bacteria resistant to most antibiotics, India has attracted global criticism for not being able to contain antibiotic resistance. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
A Study on Antibiotic Resistance Shows That Bacteria Aren't Just Out To Help Themselves Microbes that are resistant to the drug protect their weaker kin in the colony, HHMI researchers have found. The discovery upends traditional notions of antibiotic resistance and offers a target for new drugs against bacterial infections. |
