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Chemists from the University of Warwick and Monash University have identified a promising new antibiotic that can combat drug-resistant bacterial infections, including MRSA and VRE. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered one of the most serious threats to global health. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned that there are “too few antibacterials in the pipeline” and that most easily discoverable …

Geneva — The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly. The United Nations’ health agency warned that one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections worldwide in 2023 showed resistance to antibiotic treatments. “These findings are deeply concerning,” Yvan J-F. …

Humanity’s war against drug-resistant microbes is not going very well. Antibiotic resistance has rapidly become one of our species’ leading causes of death, claiming an estimated 5 million lives globally in 2019. That already exceeds the yearly death toll from HIV/ AIDS or malaria, and the danger of drug-resistant infections is only expected to grow. According to a new study, …

Scientists Supercharge Vinegar To Kill Deadly Superbugs  SciTechDaily Source link

Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” have spiked across the United States and in California at the same time a fungal superbug is spreading in the Golden State, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists and state health officials. Case of “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% in five years the United States, the Centers …

Scientists develop a virus cocktail to combat superbugs  Monash University Custom Phage Cocktail Targets Enterobacter cloacae Infections  Bioengineer.org Source link

Whenever “quantum” enters the scene, science can take many unexpected turns. Common cooking ingredients are no exception to this rule—as demonstrated by European researchers investigating the healing power of vinegar. A recent ACS Nano paper suggests that antimicrobial nanoparticles significantly boost the bacteria-killing abilities of vinegar, formally known as acetic acid. Specifically, the researchers engineered quantum dots—tiny particles controlled by …

This could re-energise the drug pipeline just in time Could AI save us from the antibiotic apocalypse? That’s the hope from new research in which scientists designed novel drugs atom-by-atom to beat two notorious superbugs, including MRSA. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, causing the deaths of around five million people a year. Even routine operations could become life-threatening events …

If bacteria had a list of things to fear, phages would be at the top. These viruses are built to find, infect and kill them — and they have been doing it for billions of years. Now that ancient battle is offering clues for how we might fight back against antibiotic-resistant infections. As more bacteria evolve to withstand our antibiotics, …

As a medical oncologist, one of the first threats I inform new patients about during the informed consent process for cancer treatment is how vulnerable they now are to infections. Cancer weakens the immune system, and common therapies on which we rely, such as chemotherapy, further diminish the body’s ability to protect itself from infections. An upper respiratory infection might …