Posts Tagged ‘drug-resistance’
To treat cystic fibrosis, drug mimics HIV
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A potential treatment for deadly, drug-resistant bacterial infections uses the same approach that HIV uses to infect cells. Continue…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:14 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - May 6, 2013 8:44 - 2 Comments
Breast milk protein fights back superbugs
U. BUFFALO (US) — A protein complex found in human breast milk can help reverse the antibiotic resistance of some bacteria that cause dangerous pneumonia and staph infections, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments
Political strife can breed drug-resistant HIV
BROWN (US) — Political violence can have the long-term consequence of increasing viral resistance to treatment and HIV treatment failure. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 20, 2013 11:34 - 0 Comments
Youth protects malaria parasite from drugs
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Immature malaria parasites are more than 100 times less sensitive than their elders to key anti-malarial drugs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2013 14:24 - 0 Comments
Gene target could beat all MRSA strains
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — New research may lead to effective treatment for all strains of MRSA, including one that sticks to skin longer and spreads more easily. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 29, 2013 12:33 - 1 Comment
‘Silent’ microbe genes could hold new drugs
VANDERBILT (US) — The drastic measures bacteria take to become drug-resistant can also act as a powerful tool for discovering new drugs, report researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 5, 2012 10:36 - 0 Comments
Bad bugs can’t swap genes on copper
U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — New research shows that copper can prevent horizontal transmission of genes, which has contributed to the increasing number of antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 20, 2012 13:52 - 0 Comments
Tough germs swap DNA behind noses
U. BUFFALO (US) — Genetic exchange of antibiotic resistance occurs about 10 million times more effectively in the nose than in the blood of animals, report researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 25, 2012 15:46 - 0 Comments
3D model reveals stubborn TB’s defense
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A new 3D model of a tuberculosis protein opens the way to drugs that help crack the problem of super-resistant TB bacteria, the model’s developers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 10, 2012 11:09 - 3 Comments
Teams of hospitals control infection better
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — When hospitals work together, they do a better job of controlling deadly and super-contagious bacterial infections like MRSA, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2012 14:06 - 1 Comment
‘Irreversible’ drug toxic to ovarian cancer
USC (US) — A new type of drug for ovarian cancer latches on and doesn’t let go—which means patients could take fewer doses, and that it may be effective for drug-resistant cancers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 25, 2012 12:31 - 0 Comments
Antibiotics prescribed most often in US south
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Doctors treating older patients in Southern states are more likely to prescribe antibiotics than any other region in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2012 12:44 - 0 Comments
Human, soil germs swap drug-resistant genes
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Bacteria in soil and those that cause human diseases have recently swapped at least seven antibiotic-resistance genes, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 23, 2012 11:45 - 0 Comments
Spiral structure key to TB’s drug resistance
IOWA STATE (US) — Using X-ray crystallography, scientists have zoomed in on the tuberculosis bacterium to find out how it resists multiple drugs. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 22, 2012 14:00 - 0 Comments
Drug-resistant staph found in sanctuary chimps
EMORY (US) — Reintroducing chimps in sanctuaries to their natural habitat could expose endangered wild apes to drug-resistant staph infections, say researchers. (more…)
