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Posted on 04.09.24
Artificial Intelligence uncovers 'sleeper' microbes
The World Health Organization has declared that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top global public health threats. One well documented possibility for why an infection would return after proper antibiotic treatment is that th...
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Posted on 11.17.23
New Amphotericin B derivative sponges up fungal sterols
Fungal infections are on the rise, and they have the potential to have an impact similar in scale to COVID-19 due to mounting antimicrobial resistance mechanisms.A new antifungal was discovered with the power to extract sterols from funga...
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Posted on 11.18.22
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
Today marks the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (Nov 18-24) around the world. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pressing global issue. This occurs when microbes such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer re...
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Posted on 11.02.22
Novel compound holds promise for MRSA
Antibiotic resistance (AMR) poses a threat to global health and Staphylococcus aureus has become one of the most notable multidrug-resistant pathogens, causing nearly 1 million deaths globally. S. aureus is found in 30% of the populatio...