Tag: resistance

Without major changes, antimicrobial resistance could kill more than 39 million people by 2050

Our world is quickly running out of antibiotics that can fight bacteria and other microorganisms…

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Monoclonal antibodies offer hope for tackling antimicrobial resistance

Monoclonal antibodies – treatments developed by cloning a cell that makes an antibody – could…

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Ignore fungal disease resistance at your peril, warn top scientists

Without immediate action, humanity may face a further escalation of resistance to fungal diseases, a…

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Insulin resistance is linked to more than 30 diseases – and early death in women, a British study shows

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain Insulin resistance is linked to 31 different diseases, and is also…

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Bacteria that can overcome the costs of vancomycin resistance in a laboratory setting

Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according to a study published…

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‘DNA scavengers’ can stop the spread of certain antibiotic resistance

For nearly a century, scientists have been waging war against antibiotic-resistant microbes. Researchers at Michigan…

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Scientists discover superbugs’ fast path to antibiotic resistance

Scientists have discovered how the hospital superbug C.diff is rapidly developing resistance to the first-line…

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Can manure and compost act as probiotics and reduce antibiotic resistance in urban soils?

Urban soils often contain chemical contaminants, such as heavy metals or trace amounts of antibiotics,…

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In clinical trials, fecal transplantation has helped half of gastrointestinal cancer patients overcome resistance to immunotherapy

Findings from a small, proof-of-concept clinical trial have suggested that fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) may…

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Dual-action antibiotics could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible

A new antibiotic that works by disrupting two different cellular targets would make it 100…

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