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Posted on 08.10.22
Antimicrobial resistance and the environment
Long before humans started to mass-produce antibiotics to prevent and treat human infectious diseases, bacteria were evolving the ability to tolerate them. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health challenge. Pathogens acquire...
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Posted on 05.04.22
Learning about antimicrobial resistance is good for your health
As this week is Teacher Appreciation Week, I think back to my favorite teachers in school. The ones I remember most were those that had the knack of bringing out the best in their students, and those that succeeded in making learning fu...
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Posted on 04.05.22
Protein folding study reveals new tool to combat antimicrobial resistance
What if bacteria could be made vulnerable again to antibiotics? Kind of like restoring your computer back to its factory settings? Scientists at the University of Texas found a way to inhibit a protein that causes the bacteria to be r...
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Posted on 01.07.22
A powerful new class of enzyme blockers fight antibiotic resistance
Scientists at the University of Oxford have discovered a new potential combination with the power to reverse antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria that cause sepsis, pneumonia, and UTIs. AMR is a grave issue, and according to recent...
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Posted on 04.01.21
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Series: Traditional versus Rapid AST
Unlike traditional antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) workflows that take days, rapid AST methods allows MICs to be determined in a matter of hours. This means the time to optimal therapy, antibiotic DOT (days on therapy), and ho...