Antibiotics

  • Atomic-Scale Structures of Ribosome Could Help Improve Antibiotics
    It sounds like hype from a late-night infomercial: It can twist and bend without breaking! And wait, there's more: It could someday help you fend off disease. But in this case it's true, thanks to scientists from several institutions including the U.S. Department of ...More
    May 20, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Linezolid is an Effective Option for Treating Patients with MRSA Infection
    The antibiotic linezolid may be more effective than vancomycin in treating ventilated patients who develop methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia as a result of their ventilation, according to a study conducted globally by American and French ...More
    May 13, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Short Antibiotic Courses Safer for Breathing-Tube Infections in Children
    Short courses of antibiotics appear just as effective as longer ones — and a great deal safer — in treating respiratory infections that might cause pneumonia in children on temporary breathing devices, according to a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study published online ...More
    May 6, 2011
    Posted in News
  • PolyMedix Defensin-Mimetic Antibiotic PMX-30063 is Active Against NDM-1 Drug-Resistant Bacteria
    PolyMedix, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat patients with acute infectious diseases and cardiovascular disorders, announced today that its lead defensin-mimetic antibiotic, PMX-30063, has shown activity in an in vitro ...More
    April 28, 2011
    Posted in News
  • 'Going Off the Grid' Helps Some Bacteria Hide from Antibiotics
    Thomas Wood in his lab. Going "off the grid," like rogue secret agents, some bacteria avoid antibiotic treatments by essentially shutting down and hiding until it's safe to come out again, says Thomas Wood, professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering ...More
    April 25, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Antibiotics Cure Anthrax in Animal Models
    In the absence of early antibiotic treatment, respiratory anthrax is fatal. The 2001 bioterrorism attacks in the U.S. killed four people, out of 22 infected (10 of them with respiratory anthrax), despite massive antibiotic administration, probably because therapy did not ...More
    April 22, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Antibiotics Disrupt Gut Ecology, Metabolism
    Humans carry several pounds of microbes in our gastro-intestinal tracts. Recent research suggests that this microbial ecosystem plays a variety of critical roles in our health. Now, working in a mouse model, researchers from Canada describe many of the interactions between ...More
    April 20, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Antimicrobial Resistance Poses a Growing Health Threat
    Millions of Americans take antimicrobial drugs each year to fight illness, trusting they will work. However, the bacteria, viruses and other pathogens are fighting back. Within the past couple of years alone, new drug-resistant patterns have emerged and resistance has ...More
    April 7, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Life-Saving Antibiotics Face a Doubtful Future
    To head off a healthcare disaster, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has developed a plan to combat deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs and is rolling out the multi-pronged plan today, on World Health Day 2011. Infections are becoming increasingly ...More
    April 7, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Study Shows "Last-Resort" Antibiotics Use on the Rise
    A large, multi-year study of antibiotic use in Veterans Health Administration's acute care facilities demonstrates dramatically increased use of carbapenems, a powerful class of antibiotics, over the last five years. These drugs are often considered the last treatment ...More
    April 3, 2011
    Posted in News
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