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How a common antibiotic fuels bacterial resistance

Antibiotics are supposed to wipe out bacteria, yet the drugs can sometimes hand microbes an unexpected advantage. A new study…

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Study discovers DNA switch that controls TB growth, and could help unlock its antibiotic resistance secrets

The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) may have an “on-off switch” that lets them pause and restart growth, according to…

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How antibiotic resistance to fusidic acid works

In a new article published in Nature Communications, researchers from Uppsala Antibiotic Center, Uppsala University and SciLifeLab describe a fundamental…

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New hope against superbugs: Promising antibiotic candidate discovered

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, has…

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Discovery of antibiotic resistance in newly identified bacterium

Staphylococcus borealis has been found to be resistant to several different types of antibiotics, posing a potentially significant problem for…

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Research advances on ‘displacing’ antibiotic resistance gene from bacteria

Birmingham scientists have identified essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to ‘displace’ antibiotic resistance genes…

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Broader antibiotic use could change the course of cholera outbreaks, research suggests

Cholera kills thousands of people and infects hundreds of thousands every year — and cases have spiked in recent years,…

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The antibiotic that takes the bite out of Lyme

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans,…

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Civil engineering team develops innovative solution for tracking antibiotic resistance genes

The global proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) poses a significant threat to the efficacy of antibiotic-based treatments for diseases.…

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Precision medicine could be possible in the fight against antibiotic resistance

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for certain antibiotic-resistant infections,…

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