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AMR exclusive: New innovations in microbome-targeted products
24 January 2017 | By
Author and Scientific Director Jean de Gunzburg, from Da Volterra, will present keynote speech at 19th annual Superbugs summit...
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Antibiotics
Antibiotics are a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.
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Chance meeting leads to creation of antibiotic spider silk
An team of scientists at the University of Nottingham has developed a technique to produce chemically functional spider silk that can be tailored to applications used in drug delivery, regenerative medicine and wound healing.
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Antibiotics developed in 1960s show promise for Tuberculosis therapy
28 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Tuberculosis is the most deadly infectious disease in the world. Standard TB therapy takes at least 6 months and patients infected with multi-drug...
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Antibiotics weaken Alzheimer’s disease progression
21 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Antibiotic treatment decreases levels of disease-causing plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by neuroscientists...
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ESCMID-ASM to review antimicrobial development process
27 June 2016 | By European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
ESCMID and ASM are jointly organising a conference to help researchers accelerate the development of new antimicrobials for drug-resistant infections...
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Theravance on Vibativ and fighting antimicrobial resistance
20 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
We recently caught up with Frank Pasqualone of Theravance Biopharma to find out about the latest study results for the company's antibiotic, Vibativ...
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The impact of antibiotic exposure on the infant microbiome
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
An analysis of changes in the intestinal microbial population during the first three years of life has revealed some of the impacts of antibiotic exposure...
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TXA709 treats MRSA infection and restores efficacy of cefdinir
14 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The combination of TXA709 with cefdinir, an antibiotic that has been on the market for almost two decades, successfully treated MRSA infection in animals...
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Pathogen busting bacteriophage found in a pond
26 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A bacteriophage, found in a pond in Connecticut, attacks a common multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogen called Pseudomonas aeruginosa...
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A simple new platform for antibiotic discovery
23 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Harvard researchers have created a new platform for antibiotic discovery that, they say, may go a long way to solving the crisis of antibiotic resistance...
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Soligenix on IDR technology and SGX942
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
We discuss Innate Defense Regulator (IDR) technology with Soligenix's Chief Scientific Officer, Dr Oreola Donini, and find out more about SGX942...
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Scientists discover a faster way to synthesise antibiotics
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
By expressing the genes involved in the production of pleuromutilin in a different type of fungus, researchers increased production by more than 2,000%...
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A new target for the treatment of bacterial infections
28 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers at Lund University have identified a new therapeutic target for the treatment of bacterial infections that regulates the immune response...
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The threat of antibiotic resistance
25 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Drug Target Review
We've created an infographic on the threat of antibiotic resistance, highlighting some of the recommendations made by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance to date...
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Scientists unravel the secret of antibiotic resistance
22 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Scientists have provided the first direct evidence of how proteins of the ABC-F family 'protect' the bacterial ribosome from being blocked by antibiotics...
