Recent Highlights
All Stories for Antibiotic Resistance
Laser-based method to detect antibiotic resistant bacteria invented by UK scientists
• 4 years agoThe method could quickly differentiate between antibiotic-resistant and -sensitive strains of the widely-prevalent bacterial pathogen.
What are antivitamins and how can they help in treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections
Myupchar • 5 years agoAntivitamins K, B9 and B12 drugs are already used for their medical applications — stopping blood clotting, suppressing cancer and microbial growth
Antibiotics increase risk of inflammatory diseases; scientists find new protein in nervous system to treat them
Myupchar • 5 years agoWith this study, the scientists concluded that doctors need to look for risk factors associated with IBD before prescribing antibiotics to the patients needlessly
Not only overuse of antibiotics but poor hygiene and sanitation can also result in anti-microbial resistance
Myupchar • 5 years agoResearchers found that there is a critical need to improve sanitation and hygiene in both urban and rural areas, to slow down the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria
Antimicrobial Resistance Part 1: Why more people are likely to die of infections in 2050
Myupchar • 5 years agoAntimicrobial resistance occurs when microorganisms — bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa — change in response to drugs and develop immunity to them.
World Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week: India has a grave need for antibiotic awareness
Binita Priyambada • 5 years agoAMR occurs when bacteria develop the ability to defeat drugs which have been designed to kill them.
Compound found effective in killing superbug bacteria causing pneumonia, UTIs
• 6 years agoMultidrug-resistant pathogens are responsible for millions of resistant infections annually.
Inhumane, unregulated animal agriculture practices in India extract a heavy toll on us, and the environment
Ambika Hiranandani • 6 years agoThe poultry industry has grown unregulated such that it impacts the weakest sections of society: residents near these farms, the environment and the birds themselves.
Device detects bacteria in minutes, cuts down wait time, ensures better patient care
• 6 years agoResearchers can now detect bacteria and their shape, can't pinpoint the type of species.
Antibiotic resistance is spreading much faster than previously thought: Study
• 6 years agoResistance can be passed from bacteria to bacteria without transferring plasmid DNA: Study.