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A recent study has shown that nanoplastics – plastic particles smaller than 0.001 millimeters – affect the body’s ability to absorb antibiotics, and may even lead to the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Mic… Continue reading Nanoplastics can render antibiotics less effective
A recent study has shown that nanoplastics – plastic particles smaller than 0.001 millimeters – affect the body’s ability to absorb antibiotics, and may even lead to the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Mic… Continue reading Nanoplastics can render antibiotics less effective
As more bacteria that cause diseases become increasingly resistant to antibiotics, we need more ways to fight off infections. That’s where this new patch comes in. With just a gentle electric zap, this bioelectronic wearable could prevent bacteria from… Continue reading Wearable zaps infections by targeting antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A. baumannii bacteria is a nasty antibiotic-resistant bug that thrives in hospitals, where it takes advantage of weakened immune systems. Researchers have now found the bacteria’s secret weapon and have ideas on how to use it for good.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading New nano-weapon discovered in use by menacing bacteria
Science’s war against the super-small and, sometimes, super-deadly bacteria that have evolved to resist destruction by antibiotics may have just enlisted new, unlikely allies: invertebrate creatures living in the frigid depths of the Arctic Ocean.Conti… Continue reading Plunging beneath the freezing sea to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Researchers have combined the bacteria-killing actions of two classes of antibiotics into one, demonstrating that their new dual-action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance (almost) an impossibility.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbein… Continue reading New antibiotic nearly eliminates the chance of superbugs evolving
Antibiotic-induced disruption of the gut microbiome can compromise health and make people more susceptible to opportunistic infection by pathogens like C. difficile. The widespread rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics further complicates their us… Continue reading Next-gen antibiotic kills superbugs but leaves good gut bacteria alone
To help combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers have been experimenting for years with drug-free methods to blast disease-causing bugs. A new type of stainless steel does exactly that, in a convenient and affordable way.Continue R… Continue reading Spiky stainless steel and copper delivers one-two punch to bacteria
Much has been made of the global rise in antibiotic resistance and its impact on the delivery of effective treatment, with good reason. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, an umbrella term for medi… Continue reading Your doctor is prescribing antibiotics that won’t help – and may harm
The four spikes on a new nanocrystal developed in Spain spin up under light and move through liquid, blasting any bacteria unfortunate to be in their path. The development could spell trouble for bacteria that resists traditional drug treatments.Contin… Continue reading Light-activated propulsion spins bacteria-shredding micromotors