DIY Penicillin - We don’t often consider using do-it-yourself projects as a hedge against the apoca... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/06/diy-penicillin/ #antibiotic #bioreactor #science
PHORCE allows measurement of lytic #phage amplification rates in bacterial populations. This study uses PHORCE to reveal phenotypic diversity among #Ecoli & #Paeruginosa phages; phage- #antibiotic interactions are mainly determined by the drug @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3G2myhf
This is so cool! Literally the project my students are doing in #microbiology this quarter, and it yielded a new CLASS of #antibiotic, which the world badly needs. #science #GoodNews https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/a-breakthrough-moment-mcmaster-researchers-discover-new-class-of-antibiotics/
2-Apr-2025
New #antibiotic for multidrug resistant #superbug
Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Vienna discover a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes #gonorrhoea.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079168 #science #medicine #AntibioticsResistance
Antibiotics cause damage of gut microbiome of human babies, which in turn reduces #vaccine efficacy. In the mouse model, vaccine efficacy after #antibiotic treatment can be restored with #probiotics. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08796-4
https://www.europesays.com/1940836/ Study shows decline in ambulatory antibiotic use in France following COVID-19 lockdown #Amoxicillin #Antibiotic #Covid19 #france #HealthCare #HealthInsurance #pandemic #research
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
https://www.europesays.com/1840324/ Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute launches new center for sepsis research #america #Antibiotic #disability #Entertainment #Epidemiology #health #HealthCare #ImmuneResponse #MedicalSchool #medicine #PublicHealth #research #sepsis #sports #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA
Housefly could spread #antibiotic resistant bacteria between patients, Nigerian study shows. #AMR
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/05/flies-in-hospital-wards-may-be-spreading-drug-resistant-bacteria-to-patients
#Antibiotic #resistance can spread unpredictably into the #environment, living on #mineral #surfaces.
#DNA #transport #evolution #bacteria #biofilms
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-antibiotic-resistance-unpredictably-environment-mineral.html
#Neisseria gonorrhoeae evades immunity by altering its surface structures. This study shows that this process also modulates bacterial interactions, driving microcolony diversification, aggregation, colony morphology & #antibiotic tolerance #plosbiology plos.io/4aN1zdO
Gram-neg bacteria can resist #phages by modifying their LPS, also affecting #antibiotic susceptibility. @lavishaparab &co show that antibiotic concentrations influence evolution of E. coli phage resistance, leading to enhanced phage-antibiotic synergy #plosbiology https://plos.io/4hPmO0X
#Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/05/antibiotic-emergency-could-claim-40-million-lives-in-next-25-years "70% of all antibiotics are given to livestock, creating a pool of animals in which resistance can evolve." #farmers mostly to blame, again...
How your baby’s birth and environment can shape lifelong gut health https://www.byteseu.com/506200/ #Antibiotic #Baby #Breastfeeding #CesareanSection #Children #Children'sHealth #Diet #environment #HighThroughputSequencing #Hospital #Research
In 1935, Sulfanilamide, the first commercial antibiotic, became available and saved life and limb. #Poetry #Science #History #Bacteriology #Medicine #Antibiotic #Sulfanilamide (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1908c.html)
Drug-resistant infections are rising, and hardly any effective new drug treatments are in development. Why? - because “it’s really hard to make a lot of money from an antibiotic” so "big pharmaceutical companies have left the field in search of greater profits elsewhere".
Capitalism directs research and devlopment not to what's really needed, but to what makes most profit.
RT by @ECDC_EU: Our new issue is available with research articles from
evaluating long-term protection of bivalent boosters against severe #COVID19 outcomes among those ≥ 65
analysing detailed #antibiotic prescribing patterns on a prescriber level
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