New antibiotic zosurabalpin offers hope against deadly hospital infections

BBC - 04-Jan-2024

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

Deep learning techniques identified compounds that kill MRSA in mice

EurekAlert! - 20-Dec-2023

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

England battles antibiotic resistance with a call for responsible use

Sky News - 15-Nov-2023

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

Novel Claromer compounds fight viruses by targeting their protective membranes

Maxwell Biosciences - 02-Aug-2023

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

BBC - 25-May-2023

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

Independent - 24-Jan-2023

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

Phage therapy shows promise in treating drug-resistant infections

The Guardian - 13-May-2022

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

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

Hospitals around the world find drug resistant fungus

Live Science - 08-Apr-2019

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

Crispr targets bacteria to fight antibiotic resistance

Wired - 16-Jan-2019

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

New bacteria found that kills most antibiotic resistant superbugs

Phys.org - 27-Dec-2018

Researchers targeted soil used in traditional healing

New antibiotic appears promising in early clinical trials

BBC - 26-Oct-2018

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

Clay to Fight Bacteria in Wounds

Mayo Clinic - 21-Aug-2018

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

Attempts to revolutionize pathogen detection

FierceBiotech - 25-Jul-2018

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

Immunobiotic helps wipe out deadly bacteria

Guardian - 05-Jul-2018

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

Antibiotic supply problems hasten resistance

Guardian - 31-May-2018

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

Deaths from drug resistance fungal infections rising

Independent - 17-May-2018

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

65% worldwide increase in antibiotic use

Guardian - 26-Mar-2018

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

10-20 % antibiotics may be prescribed inappropriately

NHS - 27-Feb-2018

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

New antibiotic family discovered in dirt

BBC - 13-Feb-2018

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

Antibiotics fail in fifth of post-op infections

Telegraph - 13-Feb-2018

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

Antibiotic resistance expected to reduce life expectancy

Telegraph - 01-Dec-2017

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

Futurism - 17-Nov-2017

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

Surgical dressing fights infections with electricity

The Engineer - 07-Nov-2017

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

Antibiotic resistance could spell end of modern medicine

Guardian - 13-Oct-2017

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

New Scientist - 02-Aug-2017

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

Ultra-tough antibiotic to fight superbugs

BBC - 30-May-2017

US scientists have re-engineered the antibiotic vancomycin.

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

LSIPR - 28-Feb-2017

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

Dreaded Superbug Has Officially Arrived in the United States

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) - 17-Nov-2016

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

Trading Modern Medicine for Cheap Meat

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) - 03-Jun-2016

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

BBC - 21-Dec-2015

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

World on cusp of ‘post-antibiotic era’

BBC - 19-Nov-2015

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

MIT engineers class of bacteria-destroying viruses

New Scientist - 07-Oct-2015

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

BBC - 31-Aug-2015

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

Researchers reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Kurzweil Network - 07-May-2015

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

BBC - 29-Apr-2015

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

Antibiotic switching ‘evades bacterial resistance’

BBC - 09-Apr-2015

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

BBC - 06-Apr-2015

Two in five might die.

Rapid blood test to ‘cut antibiotic use’

BBC - 19-Mar-2015

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)

BBC - 07-Jan-2015

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

Antibiotic resistance rise continues

BBC - 10-Oct-2014