News articles tagged with 'antibiotic' (Page 2)
Quest for designer bacteria uncovers a 'Spy'
— 15 Feb 2011 15:48 | BiologyScientists have discovered a molecular assistant called Spy that helps bacteria excel at producing proteins for medical and industrial purposes…
A new way to attack pathogens
— 11 Feb 2011 15:48 | HealthScientists have discovered a new way to attack dangerous pathogens, marking a hopeful next step in the ever-escalating battle between man and microbe…
Team hopes to cut years off development time of new antibiotics
— 11 Feb 2011 15:39 | HealthEliminating tens of thousands of manual lab experiments, two University of Houston (UH) professors are working toward a method to cut the development time of new antibiotics. While…
Turning bacteria against themselves
— 9 Feb 2011 16:50 | HealthBacteria often attack with toxins designed to hijack or even kill host cells. To avoid self-destruction, bacteria have ways of protecting themselves from their own toxins…
Staying one strep ahead
— 28 Jan 2011 17:06 | HealthNew research provides the first detailed genetic picture of an evolutionary war between Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria and the vaccines and antibiotics used against it over recent…
Household bugs - a risk to human health?
— 26 Jan 2011 17:52 | HealthSuperbugs are not just a problem in hospitals but could be also coming from our animal farms. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Microbiology indicates insects…
Defence mechanism against bacteria and fungi deciphered
— 22 Jan 2011 10:20 | HealthUnder standard laboratory conditions, the human beta-defensin 1 (hBD-1), a human antibiotic naturally produced in the body, had always shown only little activity against microbes. Nevertheless…
Common antibiotics and blood pressure medication may result in hospitalisation
— 18 Jan 2011 16:42 | HealthMixing commonly used antibiotics with common blood pressure medications may cause hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure) and induce shock in older patients, requiring hospitalisation,…
See how they grow: Monitoring single bacteria without a microscope
— 18 Jan 2011 16:11 | BiologyWith an invention that can be made from some of the same parts used in CD players, University of Michigan researchers have developed a way to measure the growth and drug susceptibility…
Antibiotics best treatment for ear infections in toddlers, NIH grantees find
— 13 Jan 2011 17:09 | HealthAdding new evidence to the debate on the best treatment for middle-ear infections, or acute otitis media, in young children, clinical researchers at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh…