Antibiotics
- Microbiology
Bacterial enzyme could become a new target for antibiotics
Chemists have discovered the structure of an unusual bacterial enzyme that can break down an amino acid found in collagen.
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Pseudomonas Communicate in Groups to Escape from Antibiotics
A new study led by the team of scientists from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has found a new defense mechanism used by the bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa to communicate in groups to avoid antibiotics. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a pathogen causing diseases like pneumonia, sepsis and other infections. On an encounter with antibiotics, pathogen produces a…
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Nightmare Bacteria’s New Strategy to Outsmart the Antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats faced in the field of healthcare nowadays. There is a new survival strategy reported in the recent study done by the scientist using which bacteria survive and recover from exposure to antibiotics. One of the most used antibiotics across the world are beta-lactam antibiotics which also includes penicillin. This class of antibiotics…
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Researchers Developed A New Mutation Prevention System
DNA is a long thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions in the unique genetic code and mere change or even point mutations can lead to life-threatening diseases. These point mutations can transform single cell in the human body into a cancerous tumor or they can turn antibiotic-sensitive into antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause untreatable infections. In an ideal world,…
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Bacteria Acquiring Resistance from the Enemies
Researchers from the University of Basel have shown that some bacteria inject a toxic cocktail into their competitors causing cell lysis and death, then acquires the released genetic material containing drug resistance genes Antibiotics and resistances have been around for millions of years. Bacteria have developed different abilities to defend themselves from enemies and eliminate competition. One of these defenses is…
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Antibiotics May Decrease The Ability of Immune Cells to Kill Bacteria
Antibiotics are the powerful antimicrobial drug that kills or inhibit bacteria causing infection. Although antibiotics are designed to kill infection-causing bacteria, they also kill good bacteria sometimes while fighting off a pathogen. During a new study in the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, MIT and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, researchers found out that during antibiotic treatment…
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Protein That Could Help Fight Antibiotic Resistance
Investigators have found a protein called transthyretin or TTR which inhibits biofilm Bacterial growth can lead to many serious problems but when they are on medical devices, it is hazardous to patient health. Medical devices may include knee implants, artificial hip implants, and catheters. A catheter is a flexible tube used for removing fluid from the body cavity particularly from the…
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