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80-Year-Old Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Superbug Crisis: Report
Researchers are revisiting streptothricin, an antibiotic developed over 80 years ago and previously sidelined due to toxicity concerns, now being studied as nourseothricin.
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40 Million Projected To Die by 2050 Because Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, as the researchers called for action to avoid this grim scenario.
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Bad Dog? Research Suggests Superbug Link To Man's Best Friend
Antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" -- which the World Health Organization calls one of the top global threats to public health -- usually conjure images of hospital settings.
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This Bacteria In Soil Can Combat Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs: Study
The soil the researchers analysed originated from an area of Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, which is known as the Boho Highlands.
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These Indian Startups Are Waging A War Against Superbugs: Foreign Media
India has few weapons to fight infection after years of poorly controlled antibiotic use in humans and animals, combined with effluent from the local drug industry that turned lakes and streams into breeding grounds for resistance.
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Poultry Farms In India Resemble Superbug Reservoirs, Study Finds
Indian poultry farms aren't just rearing chickens - they're also breeding germs capable of thwarting all but the most potent antibiotics, researchers found.
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Researchers Find Second 'Superbug' Gene In US Patient
Scientists have identified a second patient in the United States infected with bacteria carrying the mcr-1 "superbug" gene, which makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics.
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US To Establish Lab Network For Combating 'Superbugs'
US authorities said on Tuesday they are establishing a network of labs that can respond quickly to antibiotic-resistant "superbugs," following America's first human case of a dangerous strain of E coli.
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Gene In 'Last Resort' Antibiotics Resistance Found In Denmark
A gene that makes bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics has been found in Denmark, a new study has shown, after first being identified by researchers in China.
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Alarming New 'Superbug' Gene Found in Animals, People in China
A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China - including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Aligarh Scientists Discover New Superbug
A new variant of a superbug has been accidentally discovered by researchers at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), an expert said.
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Superbug - is it really from India?
In a study on a group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae (commonly found in the gut), researchers claim that resistance to carbapenems conferred by NDM-1 is a potential major global health problem.
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80-Year-Old Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Superbug Crisis: Report
Researchers are revisiting streptothricin, an antibiotic developed over 80 years ago and previously sidelined due to toxicity concerns, now being studied as nourseothricin.
-
40 Million Projected To Die by 2050 Because Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, as the researchers called for action to avoid this grim scenario.
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Bad Dog? Research Suggests Superbug Link To Man's Best Friend
Antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" -- which the World Health Organization calls one of the top global threats to public health -- usually conjure images of hospital settings.
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This Bacteria In Soil Can Combat Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs: Study
The soil the researchers analysed originated from an area of Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, which is known as the Boho Highlands.
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These Indian Startups Are Waging A War Against Superbugs: Foreign Media
India has few weapons to fight infection after years of poorly controlled antibiotic use in humans and animals, combined with effluent from the local drug industry that turned lakes and streams into breeding grounds for resistance.
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Poultry Farms In India Resemble Superbug Reservoirs, Study Finds
Indian poultry farms aren't just rearing chickens - they're also breeding germs capable of thwarting all but the most potent antibiotics, researchers found.
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Researchers Find Second 'Superbug' Gene In US Patient
Scientists have identified a second patient in the United States infected with bacteria carrying the mcr-1 "superbug" gene, which makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics.
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US To Establish Lab Network For Combating 'Superbugs'
US authorities said on Tuesday they are establishing a network of labs that can respond quickly to antibiotic-resistant "superbugs," following America's first human case of a dangerous strain of E coli.
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Gene In 'Last Resort' Antibiotics Resistance Found In Denmark
A gene that makes bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics has been found in Denmark, a new study has shown, after first being identified by researchers in China.
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Alarming New 'Superbug' Gene Found in Animals, People in China
A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China - including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Aligarh Scientists Discover New Superbug
A new variant of a superbug has been accidentally discovered by researchers at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), an expert said.
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Superbug - is it really from India?
In a study on a group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae (commonly found in the gut), researchers claim that resistance to carbapenems conferred by NDM-1 is a potential major global health problem.
