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Making Antibiotics Work Again

Conformational restriction shapes the inhibition of a multidrug efflux adaptor protein
“Membrane efflux pumps play a major role in bacterial multidrug [MORE]

Metabolites from Neanderthal Teeth

Reconstructing Pleistocene bacterial metabolites to revive their natural products
“We [at the Hans Knőll Institute, Jena, Germany] investigated the dental calculus [MORE]

Red Blood Cells Engineered to Deliver Antibiotics

Smart red blood cells deliver antibiotics to kill specific bacteria
A few years ago scientists at McMasters University in Canada developed [MORE]

Nanodrills for Treating Bacterial Infections

Light-activated molecular machines are fast-acting broad-spectrum antibacterials
“Here, we [biochemists at Rice University] report the discovery of a distinctive antibacterial therapy [MORE]

Copper with Enhanced Bactericide Effect

Novel Copper Surface Shows Exceptional Bactericidal Efficacy
“We [bioengineers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology] report the development of a [MORE]

Breath Analysis of Antibiotic Levels

Breath test could measure antibiotic levels
From researchers at the University of Freiburg: “To optimally integrate therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) into [MORE]

Revenge of the Germs

Staphylococcus_epidermidis
This month marks the centennial of The Great War’s ending. But it also recalls the “Great Influenza” when somewhere between [MORE]

Simulating the Physician-Patient Relationship

RWJF Role Play Discussing Antibiotics
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding a series of virtual conversations between a physician and [MORE]

How a New Antibiotic Was Discovered

Teixobactin Structure
Antibiotic-resistance has been a persistent problem in clinical medicine since sulfonamide resistance was reported in 1939. Still, new soil [MORE]

Choosing the Right Antibiotic

Lab on a Chip
Johns Hopkins engineers have designed a microfluidics chip that can demonstrate which antibiotics work against which pathogens. [MORE]

Inhaled Nanoparticle Antibiotic Delivery

Helmoltz Nanoparticles Fight S. aureus
Nanoparticles are becoming an important means for drug delivery because they can be placed directly in [MORE]

3-D Printed Plastic Beads for Drug Delivery

Printing Custom Medical Implants
“Most of today’s antibiotic implants, or “beads,” are made out of bone cements which have to be [MORE]

“Personalized” Pathogens

Staphylococcus aureus VISA
It has been a decade since hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) was first isolated from the [MORE]

The Down Side of Antibiotics

Streptomycin pioneer Selman Waksman coined the term antibiotics and that class of medication has been an enormous benefit to mankind.  [MORE]