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Chemistry World
December 4, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Potent two-pronged antibiotic provides hope for future drugs A two-headed compound obtained from soil bacteria may hold the key to developing the next generation of antibiotics, researchers in the UK report.   |
Chemistry World
August 6, 2007
Tom Westgate |
Unique Antibiotic Beats Superbugs' Resistance The discovery of how a unique antibiotic kills its targets has uncovered a new way to tackle resistant superbugs. A team of chemists and structural biologists have studied how the natural antibiotic lactivicin interacts with a crucial bacterial protein. |
Chemistry World
January 8, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
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
November 5, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Copper signals warn bacteria of antibiotic assault Copper is known for its antimicrobial properties, but new research suggests that copper signalling within bacterial cells may also play an important role in 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. |
AskMen.com
Harold Russell |
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. |
Chemistry World
September 15, 2013
Andy Extance |
Light-switch antibiotics could undermine resistance Dutch chemists have made a new weapon to fight bacteria: an antibiotic whose microbe-killing activity they can turn on using ultraviolet light, before it slowly diminishes. |
Fast Company
May 2009
Elizabeth Svoboda |
Biotechs Wage War on Superbugs With antibiotic resistance on the rise, three biotechs are developing new ways to wage war on superbugs. |
Chemistry World
May 12, 2011
Mike Brown |
Sugars recruited in fight against persistent infections Adding sugar to antibiotics can boost their effectiveness and prevent recurrent and chronic infections, according to researchers in the US. |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Billion dollar package unveiled to fight antibiotic resistance President Obama has made a huge investment in the fight against antibiotic resistant bacteria |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2011
Carol Stanier |
Mighty micelles that make themselves Scientists in the US and Singapore have made self assembling micelles of cationic polymers that kill bacteria but are biodegradable - raising further hope of a nanotechnology solution to the problem of antibiotic resistance. |
Chemistry World
May 29, 2014
Carla Pegoraro |
Dual warhead kills and disarms bacteria A compound that kills bacteria and cleaves their DNA to prevent them passing on drug-resistant genes has been designed by researchers in India. |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2007
John Bonner |
Antibiotic Combinations Tackle Resistance Using combinations of certain antimicrobial compounds can favor the growth of non-resistant strains of bacteria at the expense of resistant ones. The surprising finding may provide a general strategy to help eradicate strains of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic therapy. |
Chemistry World
March 1, 2010
Andy Extance |
Bacterial mix sweetens biodrug synthesis Bacteria welcome in the human gut are set to become better factories for biological drugs thanks to modified genes from another, gastroenteritis-causing, species. |
Chemistry World
April 27, 2011
Carol Stanier |
Drug cocktails greater than the sum of their parts Canadian scientists have shown that combining an antibiotic that is past its prime with other drugs can give it a new lease of life. |
Chemistry World
January 10, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Antibiotic decay products reverse resistance In a colony of bacteria living in the presence of an antibiotic in natural environments, individuals that are sensitive to the antibiotic can co-exist with those that are resistant, whereas logic would dictate that only resistant bacteria should survive. |
Chemistry World
September 8, 2009
James Urquhart |
Hybrid nano material targets antibiotic resistant bacteria German researchers have developed a hybrid, light activated nanomaterial that can target, label and kill harmful antibiotic resistant bacteria such as Escherichia coli. |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2013
Derek Lowe |
New antibiotics: what's the hold up? Money's a factor that could be adjusted by regulatory agencies, governments, and foundations. But no amount of cash will keep resistant bacteria from being the hard targets they are. |
Chemistry World
June 28, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Antibiotic killing mechanism debate continues Antibiotics can kill bacteria without the need for reactive oxygen species. That's the claim of new research, which has added new evidence into the emerging debate over how antibiotics exert their lethal effects. |
Chemistry World
September 19, 2008
John Bonner |
Filling the antibiotic gap Resistance to currently available antibacterial drugs is causing growing concern among doctors who find themselves unable to treat common infections |
Science News
January 15, 2005
Christen Brownlee |
The Beef about UTIs E. coli from beef cattle or other livestock may be causing drug-resistant urinary tract infections in women. |
Chemistry World
March 13, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Antibiotic resistance is a 'ticking time bomb' Global research efforts to develop new antibiotics need to be accelerated urgently, the UK government's chief medical officer has warned. She adds that that new drugs are desperately needed to fight the 'catastrophic threat' of growing antimicrobial resistance. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
May 2000 |
Magic Bullets Under Siege ...Antibiotics---drugs that kill bacteria---account for much of our success in the war against infectious illness. But the miracle drugs of medicine are in danger... |
Chemistry World
December 9, 2011
Jennifer Newton |
Turning Bacteria's Shield Into a Weapon Against it Scientists in Germany have synthesised the core part of a sugar compound produced by the pathogenic bacteria responsible for meningitis - Neisseria meningitides - which could be used in a vaccine for meningococcal diseases, in particular meningitis B. |
Chemistry World
April 3, 2008
Philip Ball |
Antibiotic-Eating Bacteria Found in Soil Scientists in the US have found that soil is full of bacteria that will feed and grow on antibiotics the very compounds created to kill them. |
Chemistry World
May 6, 2014
Andy Extance |
WHO raises alarm on deadly bacteria The World Health Organization has warned antibiotic resistant bacteria could bring a nightmarish future, where seemingly trivial scrapes turn lethal, and currently routine operations become too risky to contemplate. |
Chemistry World
December 15, 2015
Michaela Muehlberg |
Bacterial identification gets a culture shock Scientists in the UK have developed a new tool to distinguish bacterial strains from each other. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2006 |
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?... |
Chemistry World
July 15, 2010
Matt Wilkinson |
Biotechs plot path of least resistance Biopharmaceutical companies are moving into antibiotics, and filling the void left by big pharma. |
Chemistry World
July 8, 2014
Anthony King |
Call for new models to pay for antibiotics Governments will need to think seriously about changing the way they pay for the drugs. That's the conclusion of a report from the UK House of Commons science and technology committee. |
Chemistry World
March 8, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Battleground develops over antibiotic killing mechanism Two recent papers will require many in the field to re-examine and re-open the question of whether or not several different classes of bactericidal antibiotics do or do not work through a common mechanism. |
Chemistry World
June 24, 2014
Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Human protein cleans drinking water Researchers in Japan have shown that they can remove Escherichia coli from drinking water using tiny tubes made of human serum albumin. |
Chemistry World
October 31, 2010
Michael Gross |
Kiss of death for cancer cells Scientists have deciphered the surprising structure of the perforin pore, which delivers the 'kiss of death' to virus-infected cells and cancer cells in the body. |
Chemistry World
September 12, 2006
Mark Peplow |
Bacteria Silenced by Conversation Stoppers Molecules that interrupt the chemical conversations of bacterial communities are showing early promise in beating the bugs. |
Chemistry World
December 16, 2014
Anthony King |
Antimicrobial resistance will kill 300 million by 2050 without action A new report looks to a future where drug resistance is not tackled between now and 2050. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 30, 2007
Sarah Houlton |
Global Report: Make Resistance Futile Patients are losing the battle against bacteria. Can pharma be convinced to swing the sword of new antibiotic development? |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001 |
Avoiding Resistance to Antibiotics-- When Do I Need an Antibiotic? When bacteria are exposed to the same antibiotics, after a while the antibiotic can't fight the germs anymore... |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2004 |
Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help What are antibiotics?... Do antibiotics work against all infections?... What is "antibiotic resistance"?... Why should I worry about antibiotic resistance?... How do I know when I need antibiotics?... How should I take the antibiotics that my doctor prescribes?... etc. |
Chemistry World
March 3, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Sweet-toothed bacteria make their own vaccine With careful feeding, bacteria can produce vaccines against themselves, scientists in the US and China have found. |
Chemistry World
March 19, 2007
Lionel Milgrom |
Gallium-Based Antimicrobials Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be killed with gallium. US researchers used gallium as a 'Trojan horse' to fool bacteria into thinking they were feeding on iron. Bacteria need iron to survive, but they cannot distinguish between iron and gallium. |
Chemistry World
October 29, 2015
Anthony King |
Poor diagnostics hinder battle against antibiotic resistance The tools used to diagnose bacterial infections have barely improved since the 1940s. |
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. |
Chemistry World
March 5, 2012
Harriet Brewerton |
Picturing Bacteria on Your Phone US scientists have developed a device that, when attached to a mobile phone, can detect small amounts of Escherichia coli in liquid samples. |
Chemistry World
September 30, 2010
Andrew Turley |
Bacteria factories for Taxol precursors Researchers have engineered bacteria to produce precursors of Taxol (paclitaxel), one of the most widely used cancer drugs. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2006 |
Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help What are antibiotics?... Do antibiotics always work?... What is bacterial resistance?... What can I do to help myself?... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
Monica Heger |
Computer-Designed Drugs Could Thwart Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Researchers use computer algorithms to tweak enzymes that make antibiotics |
Chemistry World
November 24, 2015
Anthony King |
Poor management of antibiotics squandering life-saving drugs A thriving unregulated online market for antibiotics and poor quality products are two problems that are driving antimicrobial resistance worldwide, according to the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance |
Chemistry World
August 27, 2014
Hayley Simon |
Ionic liquids join battle against antibiotic resistance US researchers have used ionic liquids -- organic salts that are liquid at room temperature -- to disrupt bacterial biofilms and deliver antibiotics through the skin's outer layer. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000 |
Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help Antibiotics are strong medicines that can stop some infections and save lives. When they aren't used the right way, antibiotics can cause more harm than good. You can protect yourself and your family by knowing when you should use antibiotics and when you should avoid them... |
Chemistry World
June 18, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Crowdsourcing compounds to tackle antibiotic resistance Chemists around the world are being called on to donate samples of novel compounds they have synthesized to a crowdsourcing project that aims to find new antibiotics. |
