Woman (82) hospitalised after pharmacist gave her incorrect medication, inquiry told – The Irish Times
A Dublin-based pharmacist supplied an incorrect blister pack of medication to an elderly patient, a Pharmaceutical Society of…
Neanderthals may have used a prehistoric glue as a topical antibiotic
 Neanderthals had their own version of prehistoric superglue that they used primarily for crafting tools. They made…
Living in deprived neighborhoods reshapes the gut microbiome
A large UK twin study reveals that neighborhood deprivation is linked to measurable shifts in gut bacteria and…
New method measures how effectively antibiotics kill bacteria
Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory…
Why some bacteria survive antibiotics and how to stop them
New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the…
Robots and click chemistry open a new frontier in antibiotic discovery
Researchers have used a cutting-edge robotic system capable of synthesizing hundreds of metal complexes to develop a possible…
Jacksonville woman says common antibiotic changed her life for worse
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – A Jacksonville resident used to live an active life as a mom and wife.…
Chlorinated compounds from slime mold show strong antibacterial activity
The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a soil microbe that produces diverse natural products with potential antibiotic…
Microbial piracy offers clues to fighting antimicrobial resistance
Researchers have discovered how ‘pirate phages’ hijack other viruses to break into bacteria, sharing new genetic material for…
Kids’ magnesium gummies laced with melatonin
The gummies were for sale on the Nutrition Ignition brand website, which removed all products and now reads…
Study finds rapid spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria among malnourished children in Niger
A new study led by researchers at the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI) has found that…
AI turns old diabetes drug Halicin into a potent weapon against superbugs
Can an AI-repurposed diabetes drug tackle our toughest superbugs? Researchers reveal Halicin’s powerful action against deadly multidrug-resistant bacteria,…