Collaborate Disseminate
Drugs given to the whole body can be too much of a shotgun approach, damaging cells that aren’t meant to be targeted. A new study has found that cloaking drugs inside red blood cells could help guide powerful but toxic antibiotics to target bacteria.Co… Continue reading Modified blood cells deliver antibiotics to kill dangerous bacteria
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common and treatable, but there can be complications, especially when the bacteria become drug resistant. Now, a new drug combo has shown promise in a Phase 3 clinical trial.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Science… Continue reading Combo therapy clinical trial shows promise against drug-resistant UTIs
Procedures such as knee and hip replacements can expose patients to potential bacterial infections, and bone cements are one way physicians can lower the risk. These materials anchor the artificial joint in place and, if loaded with antibiotics, can pr… Continue reading Potent antibiotic bone cement ups the ante against staph infection
Scientists have recently had success in curing mice of a serious type of pneumonia, using what are described as “microrobots.” The bots were actually live algae cells, which carried life-saving medication throughout the rodents’ lungs.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Algae cells pressed into service as pneumonia-treating microrobots
Scientists at McMaster University have identified a toxin used by bacteria to kill other bacteria through a never-before-seen mechanism. The toxin is the first found to directly target RNA molecules in what the team describes as “a total assault on the… Continue reading First known RNA-targeting toxin launches “total assault” to kill bacteria
Bacteria are fast developing resistance to our best drugs, leaving us poised on the edge of a major health crisis. But a new antibiotic has shown promise against several key “superbugs,” while minimizing damage against good bacteria in the body.Continu… Continue reading New antibiotic molecule kills dozens of the toughest types of superbugs
Bacteria may be great at developing resistance to our best drugs, but there are some things they can’t evolve their way out of – like tiny drills ripping them open. Researchers at Rice University have now demonstrated their next generation molecular dr… Continue reading Tiny light-powered drills could be our secret weapon against superbugs
Algorithms have helped uncover a new antibiotic candidate that shows promise against some particularly nasty bugs, using a novel mode of attack that should be hard for them to develop resistance to. Most importantly it could unlock a whole new arsenal … Continue reading Algorithm-aided antibiotic hunt yields powerful new drug candidate
Two new studies have highlighted the importance of judicious antibiotic use. One study found antibiotics can increase a person’s risk of fungal infections by causing defects to immune system activity in the gut, while another study suggests heavy antib… Continue reading Antibiotic overuse linked to immune defects and bowel disease
An intriguing study led by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has demonstrated how an engineered form of bacteria can protect the gut microbiome from the impact of antibiotic use. Mouse studies showed the bacteria breaks down an… Continue reading Engineered bacteria prevent antibiotics decimating the gut microbiome