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Study Provides New Impetus in the Battle Against Superbugs

Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics. Researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria. These molecules – known as restriction enzymes – control ...More

2 weeks ago

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Corkscrew Structure Points the Way to New Weapon Against Superbugs

Researchers have created a new synthetic class of helix-shaped molecules which they believe could be a key tool in the worldwide battle against antibiotic resistance. By twisting molecules around iron atoms they have created what they term 'flexicates' which are active ...More

November 25, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Stopping Superbugs in Their Tracks

University of Virginia Health System researchers are the first in the world to develop a new and faster method to track major infection-causing superbugs – a major key in preventing the spread of deadly infections. Their research, published in the November/December 2011 ...More

November 21, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Bioquell Announces Launch of New Website to Raise Awareness of Superbugs

With an eye toward the continual rise in multidrug-resistant pathogens, Bioquell Inc. has launched a new website to raise awareness of many of the main pathogens that cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Designed to help healthcare professionals and ancillary ...More

November 1, 2011

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Infections & Pathogens

Roads Pave the Way for the Spread of Superbugs

Antibiotic-resistant E. coli was much more prevalent in villages situated along roads than in rural villages located away from roads, which suggests that roads play a major role in the spread or containment of antibiotic resistant bacteria, commonly called superbugs, a new ...More

September 29, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Antibiotics Conference Addresses Lack of New Drugs to Fight Superbugs

Leaders from government, industry, academia, medicine and science today will come together to discuss one of the most pressing health challenges we face: the rising incidence of drug-resistant bacteria and the lack of new antibiotics to fight them. The conference, "Reviving ...More

September 22, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Researchers Work to Develop Screening Method for Superbug

A team of researchers from the University of Houston (UH) and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) are working to develop improved screening methods to detect a potentially lethal, drug-resistant superbug that has made its way to Texas. Specifically, the research team ...More

September 9, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Genomic Analysis of Superbug Provides Clues to Antibiotic Resistance

An analysis of the genome of a superbug has yielded crucial, novel information that could aid efforts to counteract the bacterium’s resistance to an antibiotic of last resort. The results of the research led by scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center ...More

September 8, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Aggressive Drug Therapy Aids Superbug Evolution

New research raises troubling concerns about the use of aggressive drug therapies to treat a wide range of diseases such as infections from MRSA, C. difficile and malaria, and even cancer. "The universally accepted strategy of aggressive medication to kill all targeted ...More

August 3, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Scientists Develop Fatty 'Kryptonite' to Defeat Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs

Superbugs, which can cause wide-spread disease and may be resistant to most, if not all, conventional antibiotics, still have their weaknesses. A team of Canadian scientists discovered that specific mixtures of antimicrobial agents presented in lipid (fatty) mixtures can ...More

June 17, 2011

Posted in News

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