A new study has found that between 2000 and 2015 global consumption of antibiotics jumped 65 percent.The data from 76 countries found that while antibiotic use soared in lower income countries, consumption in high-income countries was static but still considerably higher per capita than LIMCs.
Continue Reading
In 2015, an exciting new antibiotic called teixobactin was discovered. Now, for the first time, the compound has been successfully synthesized and used to treat a bacterial infection in mice, marking an important milestone in the war against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Continue Reading
With bacteria becoming ever more resistant to our best antibiotics, scientists are searching high and low for new ones in nature. Now a team from Australia and Spain have discovered a promising peptide in the venom of the South American Rattlesnake.
Continue Reading
The platypus has long fascinated scientists, with its weird assortment of features making it one of the most unusual animals on the planet. Now a team of researchers found that platypus milk contains novel antimicrobial properties that could help scientists battle the global superbug threat.
Continue Reading
Researchers have produced a new synthetic molecule that can target and kill five multidrug-resistant bacteria. This synthetic polymer was found to be non-toxic and could enable an entirely new classes of therapeutics to address the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Continue Reading
A large-scale meta-study out of the University of Exeter has found that people who swim in the ocean have a higher risk of contracting ear ailments and gastrointestinal distress that non-sea bathers – with pollution suggested as a major factor.
Continue Reading
To prevent a future plagued with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Australian scientists have looked to the past, digging up a long forgotten antibiotic candidate and finding that it’s effective against some of the most dangerous “superbugs.”
Continue Reading
We've already seen microneedle-equipped skin patches being designed for everything from pain-free vaccinations to targeted fat-burning. Now, scientists from Queen’s University Belfast are developing a patch that they believe could slow the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Continue Reading
Researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with a novel way to fight back against drug-resistance in bacteria and viruses. By pitting pathogens against each other, then using drugs to wipe out the leftovers.
Continue Reading
While investigating the side effects of antibiotics and how bacteria can develop resistance to them, researchers from MIT and Harvard have found that the drugs can actually work against the body, weakening the immune system’s ability to fight off the bugs.
Continue Reading
See the stories that matter in your inbox every morning