The growing threat of antibiotic resistance: A global crisis in the making

How drug-resistant infections could claim millions of lives by 2050 without urgent action

New antibiotic targets bacteria by attacking two processes at once

Approach offers hope in combating the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.

Cinnamon-infused nanodevice kills drug-resistant superbugs

Novel delivery system enhances natural antimicrobial effects of essential oils

Rapid UTI test wins £8M prize, revolutionizes antibiotic use

The test is affordable and easy to use, making it accessible to various settings

AI speeds up search for new potential antibiotic candidates

New machine learning technique could revolutionize fight against superbugs

New antibiotic zosurabalpin offers hope against deadly hospital infections

Scientists hail "exciting" discovery against superbug Crab, paving the way for future antibiotics

Deep learning techniques identified compounds that kill MRSA in mice

Promising advance in antibiotics with potential to combat a major health threat

England battles antibiotic resistance with a call for responsible use

Infections increased in 2022 with a 20% chance of death within 30 days

Novel Claromer compounds fight viruses by targeting their protective membranes

Inspired by human immunity, Claromers are revolutionary molecules which may overcome resistance in near future

Artificial Intelligence assists in discovery of potent antibiotic to combat superbugs

AI scrutinized a list of 6,680 compounds, ultimately shortlisting potential antibiotics in under two hours

Albicidin, plant toxin, strongest antibiotic emerged, kills harmful bacteria in a unique way

The toxins interaction with the bacterial enzyme gyrase could help overcome antibiotic resistance

Phage therapy shows promise in treating drug-resistant infections

Success in patients with otherwise untreatable infections could make way for clinical trials next year

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

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

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

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

Modified copper material with potent antibacterial activity developed

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

New therapy producing potent bacterial vaccines for 100% protection

Generation of high-potency bacterial vaccines using ultrashort pulsed lasers

Swapping antibiotics to slow down bacterial growth and avoid drug resistance

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

Silver nanoparticles may overcome resistance in non-motile microbes

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

Suppressing bacterial hydrogen sulfide can make potent antibiotics

Enhancement of bactericidal effect at the same antibiotic dose

New antimicrobial hydrogel heals drug-resistant wound infections

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

Latest antimicrobial nanocoating kills bacterial & fungal cells

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

Maxwell Biosciences secures funding to develop powerful new antiviral drug

The drugs also showed high safety in human tissue and animal studies

After covid vaccine, Oxford to tackle antibiotic resistance

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

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

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

Honey better than antibiotics in treating respiratory symptoms

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

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

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

Laser texturing technique makes metal surfaces bactericidal

Only works on metals that have antibacterial properties such as copper

Nanotech spray can prevent coronavirus from spreading

This is a long lasting disinfectant that lasts upto 5 years

Antibiotic created using AI killed drug-resistant bacterias

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

Magnetic liquid metal nanoparticles to fight bacteria

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

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

New antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria can be threatening

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

Candida auris: deadly hospital acquired infection on the rise

One more superbug that can cause our undoing

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

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

Peptidomimetics could kill even the most resilient microbes

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

Taking antibiotics could make your flu more deadly

Antibiotics should not be taken without a prescription of the doctor

Phage therapy keeps a fatal bacterial infection under control

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

Arsenic could be used in new broad-spectrum antibiotic

Arsenic already used in other treatments so safer than it sounds

Hospitals around the world find drug resistant fungus

One-third of C. auris are resistant to two antifungal drug classes

Crispr targets bacteria to fight antibiotic resistance

Shreds multiple critical stretches of bacteria's DNA at the same time

New bacteria found that kills most antibiotic resistant superbugs

Researchers targeted soil used in traditional healing

New antibiotic appears promising in early clinical trials

Superbugs are on the rise and we are running out of time

Clay to Fight Bacteria in Wounds

Reduced-iron clay was found to have antibacterial properties under controlled conditions

Attempts to revolutionize pathogen detection

Treatment could be more effective if we can identify resistance patterns at the begining

Immunobiotic helps wipe out deadly bacteria

The drug binds to bacteria and makes them more vulnerable to the immune response

Antibiotic supply problems hasten resistance

Over 100 drugs and especially Penicillin G are in short supply worldwide

Deaths from drug resistance fungal infections rising

Fungi infections are dangerous and due to the lack of drugs they may become the next crisis

65% worldwide increase in antibiotic use

65% rise in worldwide consumption of the drugs from 2000 to 2015.

10-20 % antibiotics may be prescribed inappropriately

Most inappropriate prescriptions for sore throat, cough, sinusitis and ear infections.

New antibiotic family discovered in dirt

Gene sequencing analysed more than 1,000 US soil samples.

Antibiotics fail in fifth of post-op infections

One in 10 patients in high-income countries develop an infection while recovering.

Antibiotic resistance expected to reduce life expectancy

Antibiotic resistance has caused a fall in life expectancy for the first time, the Office for National Statistics has said.

Synthetic Nanobots Could End Antibiotic Resistance

Most current antibiotics wipe out all bacteria - good and bad.

Surgical dressing fights infections with electricity

Electroceuticals are an effective platform technology to combat wound biofilm infection.

Antibiotic resistance could spell end of modern medicine

England’s chief medical officer Prof Dame Sally Davies says action is needed around the world to tackle ‘hidden’ problem that is already claiming lives.

Dragons with blood that can save people’s lives

“Komodo dragons" are the type of lizards living in Indonesian island of Komodo.

Ultra-tough antibiotic to fight superbugs

US scientists have re-engineered the antibiotic vancomycin.

WHO lists deadly bacteria in bid to push antibiotics R&D

12 families of bacteria which it claims pose the greatest threat to human health.

Dreaded Superbug Has Officially Arrived in the United States

US Centers for Disease Control has identified over a dozen cases of antibiotic-resistant fungus, Candida auris.

Trading Modern Medicine for Cheap Meat

A superbug resistant to all known antibiotics has surfaced in the United States for the first time.

Bacteria resistant to antibiotic of last resort found in UK

Colistin resistant bacteria discovered on three UK farms and in samples of human infections.

World on cusp of ‘post-antibiotic era’

Common infections would kill once again, surgery and cancer therapies under threat.

MIT engineers class of bacteria-destroying viruses

Timothy Lu at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology aim to make a single phage modifiable with bacteria-attacking machinery from other phages.

Clinical trials for new class of anti-biotic

Better and faster than best currently available drug for Clostridium difficile.

Researchers reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Our goal was to find a precise, ordered schedule of antibiotics that doctors could rely on and know that in the end, resistance will be reversed, and an antibiotic will work.

Most countries not protecting antibiotics, says WHO

the globe is heading into a “post-antibiotic era” in which much of modern medicine becomes impossible.

Antibiotic switching ‘evades bacterial resistance’

Research suggested that new way to combat drug resistance could be switching between two antibiotics in a well-designed sequence.

Antibiotic resistance: 80,000 ‘might die’ in future outbreak

Two in five might die.

Rapid blood test to ‘cut antibiotic use’

A new blood test can help doctors tease out whether an infection is caused by a virus or bacteria within two hours.

Game-changing antibiotic find (teixobactin clears MRSA on mice)

The decades-long drought in antibiotic discovery could be over after a breakthrough by US scientists.

Antibiotic resistance rise continues