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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.   |
Chemistry World
May 19, 2015
Anthony King |
Roadmap to reward pharma for creating new antibiotics unveiled Pharma firms need better incentives to create novel antibiotics to head off an 'apocalyptic scenario' where commonplace infections become deadly once more. |
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
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
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
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
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 6, 2015
Anthony King |
Review plots path to face down antimicrobial resistance deaths The second installment of a UK government review on antimicrobial resistance has called for governments around the world to focus on 'easy wins' in the fight against microbial resistance. |
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
October 6, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Call for collaboration to take on resistance Leading researchers have called for greater collaboration to tackle antimicrobial resistance, which they say is fast becoming one of the biggest global health challenges. |
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. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001
Thomas Hooton & Stuart Levy |
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Plan of Action for Community Practice Antibiotic resistance was once confined primarily to hospitals but is becoming increasingly prevalent in family practice settings, making daily therapeutic decisions more challenging. |
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?... |
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? |
Chemistry World
December 9, 2015
Anthony King |
Review calls for tighter controls on antibiotic use in farming The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance has labeled antibiotic use in agriculture a critical threat to public health in its latest report and is recommending tighter controls on the practice. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Catherine Arnst |
Superbugs: Where Are the Wonder Drugs? Antibiotics are losing the battle against superbugs, and drugmakers are slow to replenish the arsenal. |
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. |
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... |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2001
Richard Colgan & John H. Powers |
Appropriate Antimicrobial Prescribing: Approaches that Limit Antibiotic Resistance Physicians should be familiar with the clinical situations in which they should provide antibiotics and those in which they may safely be withheld... |
Chemistry World
July 1, 2013
James Urquhart |
Antibiotic research hits a sweet spot UK researchers have found a way to weaken the molecular armour of Escherichia coli to allow the host's immune system to attack and kill the pathogen. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2004
Charly Travers |
Cubist Addresses a Niche Market This small firm is developing antibiotics to meet a medical need. |
Chemistry World
April 30, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Science academies flag research priorities ahead of G7 summit Statements highlighting concerns about antibiotic resistance, neglected tropical diseases and human impacts on oceans have been signed by all seven heads of the academies and passed to their respective governments. |
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... |
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. |
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. |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2008
Mary C. Vrtis |
Is Your Patient Taking the Right Antimicrobial? Ways in which bacteria become resistant to antimicrobials and the prevalence and costs of health care-associated infections resulting from antimicrobial resistance. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2014
Lee Jones |
Our Body's Secret Weapon -- The Human Microbiome New research on the role of microbes in fighting disease is transforming the way medicine views bacteria. |
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
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. |
Managed Care
June 2004
Jack McCain |
Health Plans Respond as Microbes Develop Resistance Techniques Managed care is having some success discouraging practices that promote the development of "superbugs." |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2008
Michael Bonney |
Specialty Sales Gets No Resistance The author, a Cubist Pharmaceuticals CEO. has given his company a successful start and is now predicting the future of drug resistance. |
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. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2002
Paul W. Ament |
Linezolid Its role in the treatment of gram-positive, drug-resistant bacterial infections... |
Science News
June 28, 2003
Ben Harder |
McDonald's Cutback in Antibiotics Use Could Reduce Drug-Resistant Bacteria The fast-food chain McDonald's announced on June 19 that it will stop its farms under contract from feeding chicken, cattle, and pigs certain antibiotics intended to accelerate the animals' growth. That step might slow or reverse the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can infect people. |
Chemistry World
March 15, 2012
Andrew Shore |
Designer solvent hits hospital superbug Scientists from Ireland, the Czech Republic and Spain have found an antimicrobial ionic liquid that targets MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). |
Chemistry World
December 15, 2011 |
Eastern promise Yongyuth Yuthavong discusses the challenges that face scientists in Thailand with Kathleen Too. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2004 |
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. |
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 |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000
Keith B. Holten & Edward M. Onusko |
Appropriate Prescribing of Oral Beta-Lactam Antibiotics ...Bacterial resistance against beta-lactam antibiotics is increasing at a significant rate and has become a common problem in primary care medicine... |
Chemistry World
December 11, 2014 |
Merck to buy antibiotics specialist Cubist Hours after the deal was announced, a US District Court invalidated several key patents for Cubist's top seller, Cubicin (daptomycin). |
Mother Jones
December 2000
Edwin Dobb |
Growing Resistance Is agribusiness squandering one of medicine's most potent weapons? |
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. |
InternetNews
July 27, 2005
Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Another Push At Resistance Perhaps Friday's GDP report will break the stalemate. |
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. |
InternetNews
October 18, 2004
Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Nasdaq Tests Resistance The Nasdaq looks ready for another try at resistance. |
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. |
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
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. |
