Microplastics transport toxins and antibiotic resistance across ecosystems
Microplastics are often viewed as pollutants in their own right, but their environmental impact may extend far beyond…
Scientists resurrect a 160-million-year-old mammal immune system and watch it evolve
Researchers reconstructed antimicrobial peptides from mammal ancestors dating back about 160 million years and found that some ancient…
Natural gut molecule could strengthen chickens’ immune response against bacterial infections
A naturally occurring gut molecule that could strengthen chickens’ immune response against a wide range of bacterial infections,…
Intensive poultry farming and campylobacter evolution
Genomic analyses reveal that the rise of industrial poultry farming has transformed the ecology and evolution of Campylobacter…
Major clinical trial aims to transform the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections
European-funded consortium brings together researchers from 13 countries to evaluate bacteriophage therapy as a potential alternative to antibiotics…
Genome-mining tool reveals new antibiotic hidden in a silent gene cluster
By combining multiple measures of biosynthetic similarity, DiscERN uncovered a silent gene cluster that produces discomycin A, offering…
India’s First Homegrown Antibiotic Zaynich Gets US FDA Approval; Here’s What You Need To Know About The Drug
India has achieved a major milestone with the development of Zaynich, a breakthrough antibiotic created by Mumbai-based pharmaceutical…
Self-Medication In India: Can India break its habit of self-medication? | India News
It is a familiar scene in millions of Indian households.A mild fever, a sore throat or a headache…
Beyond resistance and tolerance: rethinking evolutionary responses to antibiotics from the perspective of individual bacterial cells
MacLean, R. C. & San Millan, A. The evolution of antibiotic resistance. Science 365, 1082–1083 (2019). Article ADS …
Australia’s diphtheria outbreak shows why boosters, antibiotics, and better housing all matter
A 131-case outbreak reveals how a vaccine-preventable disease regained a foothold in the Northern Territory, exposing the urgent…
Study: Antibiotic resistance is increasing in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
Resistance to antimicrobial agents is rising among human infections with Escherichia coli bacteria that produce the Shiga toxin,…
‘Post-antibiotics’ era could spell disaster for the world and modern medicine
Antibiotics are one of the greatest breakthroughs in medical history. They turned once-deadly infections into treatable illnesses and…