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The only alternative to antibiotics for animals is disease prevention

The only alternative to antibiotics for animals is disease prevention

Dr Olivier Espeisse, of AnimalhealthEurope, discusses how the alternative to antibiotics for animals is prevention of disease. Tackling drug resistance is often treated like the...
Little progress made in the EU fight against antimicrobial resistance

Little progress made in the EU fight against antimicrobial resistance

The EU’s fight against superbugs, especially bacteria which have become resistant to antibiotics, has brought little progress to date. While EU action has led to...
Crohn's disease: how associated bacteria develop drug resistance

Crohn’s disease: how associated bacteria develop drug resistance

Many patients with Crohn's disease develop resistance to treatments. Researchers have looked at how Chron’s disease-related bacteria can form drug resistance. They found that bacteria associated...
Why veterinarians should be at the heart of the drug resistance fightback

Why veterinarians should be at the heart of the drug resistance fightback

When antibiotic resistance could be responsible for up to 10 million deaths a year by 2050 if left unchecked, it is natural to want...
uk gonorrhoea investment

UK gonorrhoea investment to prevent STI spread

The UK government has invested £3.5m (€4.05m) in a global research and development partnership aimed at combating the spread of gonorrhoea. Around 87 million new...
Clarithromycin resistance has doubled in two decades

Clarithromycin resistance has doubled in two decades

Clarithromycin resistance – a commonly-used antibiotic for treating harmful bacteria related to a variety of stomach conditions – has more than doubled in 20...
'Tricked' bacteria open new pathways to antimicrobial treatments

‘Tricked’ bacteria opens door for development of antibiotic-free drugs

Scientists have developed a new technique to trick bacteria into revealing hundreds of holes in their cell walls. The new technique, developed by researchers from...
Scientists discover new antibiotic in tropical Mexican forest

Scientists discover new antibiotic in tropical Mexican forest

An antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium has been discovered in a Mexican tropical forest that may help lead to a "plant probiotic," more...
New defensive mechanism against bacterial wound infections discovered

New defensive mechanism against bacterial wound infections discovered

Researchers have discovered a new defensive mechanism which enables our skin to actively kill bacteria. Central to this mechanism is a cellular messenger molecule known...

Finding shows antibiotic-resistant bacteria spread by washing machine

Antibiotic-resistant pathogens can be spread via washing machines. This has been proven by hygienists at the University of Bonn for a children's hospital in which...

CBD as an antibiotic: promise as a weapon to fight superbugs

Amidst grave concerns of antibiotic resistance new research has shown that CBD might be an effective way of fighting superbugs. Since cannabis compound CBD has...
EU awards 18 million euros for research into new antibiotics

EU awards 18 million euros for research into new antibiotics

An international consortium of research groups is aiming to develop novel new antibiotics to fight against the tuberculosis bacteria and two other deadly bacteria. Set...
World Microbiome Day and dietary biotics in infant nutrition

World Microbiome Day and dietary biotics in infant nutrition

Today marks World Microbiome Day, here Nutricia and academic publisher Wiley present a new book to highlight the expanding role of dietary biotics in...
Probiotics for poultry on the rise due to growing consumption of meat & egg

Probiotics for poultry on the rise due to growing consumption of meat & egg

Driven by the rising demand for meat & egg consumption among global consumers, discover how and why the ingredients used in probiotics for poultry...
Greater risk of heart attack and stroke in women is linked with antibiotic use

Greater risk of heart attack and stroke in women is linked with antibiotic use

Published in the European Heart Journal, antibiotic use over a long period of time can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke in...
Preserving lung microbial diversity in cystic fibrosis

Preserving lung microbial diversity in cystic fibrosis

Published in Scientific Reports, correct antibiotic dosage could potentially preserve lung microbial diversity in those suffering from cystic fibrosis. Children and young adults with cystic...
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Do you feel like you’re being overprescribed with antibiotics?

According to the National Health Service, researchers estimate that as much as 23% of recommended antibiotics could be inappropriately prescribed. A new study in the...
Reducing use of Medicines in Agriculture

Reducing use of medicines in agriculture

Gwyn Jones, chairman of RUMA, talks reducing unnecessary use of antimicrobials and medicines in agriculture and their dissemination into the environment. Chairman of the Responsible...
Clostridium difficile infection may be increased by painkillers

Clostridium difficile infection may be increased by painkillers

People treated with antibiotics are at heightened risk of having clostridium difficile infection as those drugs disturb the microbial balance of the gut. Clostridium difficile...
Can a biosynthetic pathway be a new route to antibiotic use?

Can a biosynthetic pathway be a new route to antibiotic use?

Scientists have discovered a new route to antibiotic use, exploiting a chemical process and gene editing, also known as a biosynthetic pathway. Researchers from The...

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