Antibiotic Resistance News

Antimicrobial resistance is the next pandemic: over 1.2 million died with drug-resistant infections

Independent - 20-Jan-2022

Its time for strategies that preserve existing antibiotics and develop new drugs

Bacteria-eating viruses fight drug resistant superbugs in a non-healing wound

Live Science - 19-Jan-2022

When antibiotics fail, bacteriophages can heal -- clinical trials need to confirm this treatment approach

Modified copper material with potent antibacterial activity developed

Medgadget - 17-Dec-2021

Nanostructured copper material with vigorous antibacterial activity; prospective candidate in healthcare settings

New therapy producing potent bacterial vaccines for 100% protection

Medgadget - 29-Nov-2021

Generation of high-potency bacterial vaccines using ultrashort pulsed lasers

Swapping antibiotics to slow down bacterial growth and avoid drug resistance

News Medical - 01-Sep-2021

Modulating resistance rates & cross-resistance to improve efficacy of sequential antibiotic therapy

Silver nanoparticles may overcome resistance in non-motile microbes

Phys.org - 13-Jul-2021

Limiting misuse & designing potent nanoparticles offer a sustainable antimicrobial to the world

Suppressing bacterial hydrogen sulfide can make potent antibiotics

Phys.org - 10-Jun-2021

Enhancement of bactericidal effect at the same antibiotic dose

New antimicrobial hydrogel heals drug-resistant wound infections

Medgadget - 13-May-2021

Immune peptides bound hydrogel offers new hope in fighting global antibiotic crisis

Latest antimicrobial nanocoating kills bacterial & fungal cells

Nano Magazine - 14-Apr-2021

Ultrathin layer of black phosphorus on bioimplants and wound dressings could prevent deadly infections

After covid vaccine, Oxford to tackle antibiotic resistance

BBC - 19-Jan-2021

Expert researchers to address antibiotic resistance with the £100m fund by Ineos

A new class of drugs to tackle AMR - immuno-antibiotics

Science Daily - 23-Dec-2020

Block an essential metabolic pathway in bacteria to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Honey better than antibiotics in treating respiratory symptoms

Independent - 20-Aug-2020

With its many benefits, clinicians recommend it as an effective alternative

The holy grail 'poisoned arrow' of antibiotics research by Princeton

Princeton University - 02-Jun-2020

Effective against diseases and immune to resistance while being safe in humans

Laser texturing technique makes metal surfaces bactericidal

Phys.org - 09-Apr-2020

Only works on metals that have antibacterial properties such as copper

Nanotech spray can prevent coronavirus from spreading

Nano Magazine - 11-Mar-2020

This is a long lasting disinfectant that lasts upto 5 years

Antibiotic created using AI killed drug-resistant bacterias

Guardian - 20-Feb-2020

Thanks to the algorithm scientists tested 107m compounds in just 3 days

Magnetic liquid metal nanoparticles to fight bacteria

Nano Magazine - 13-Jan-2020

Can't adapt against these knives cutting through, so no more antibacterial resistance

Antibiotic resistance is on the rise: a 9 per cent rise in the past year

Independent - 31-Oct-2019

Clock is ticking for antibiotics, so we need to act now and preserve them

New antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria can be threatening

Guardian - 11-Sep-2019

Many bacteria are now resistant to antibiotics such as carbapenems and colistin

Candida auris: deadly hospital acquired infection on the rise

BBC - 17-Aug-2019

One more superbug that can cause our undoing

Superbug causes a six fold rise in death toll in European hospitals

BBC - 29-Jul-2019

How soon will we run out of effective antibiotics at this rate?

Peptidomimetics could kill even the most resilient microbes

Independent - 10-Jul-2019

UK government is funding the drug development, which could prevent dark edges of medicine

Taking antibiotics could make your flu more deadly

Independent - 02-Jul-2019

Antibiotics should not be taken without a prescription of the doctor

Phage therapy keeps a fatal bacterial infection under control

BBC - 08-May-2019

Could be used to treat drug resistant bacterial infections in the future

Arsenic could be used in new broad-spectrum antibiotic

Medical Xpress - 16-Apr-2019

Arsenic already used in other treatments so safer than it sounds