A team at Purdue University has found that a compound called F6 is effective at killing bacteria that have already evolved resistance to existing antibiotics. In tests the new drug also seems less susceptible to bacterial resistance down the track.
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Antibiotics aren’t very picky, indiscriminately wiping out both good and bad bacteria and upsetting the balance of your microbiome. Now, researchers at Penn State have developed a new approach to make a drug that can single out a specific, opportunistic bacteria known as C. difficile.
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Bacteria are evolving resistance to our best antibiotics at an alarming rate, so developing new ones is a crucial area of study. Inspired by a natural molecule, researchers at NC State University have synthesized a new compound that shows promising antibacterial properties against resistant bugs.
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The world is in desperate need of new antibiotics, as bacteria continue to evolve and develop resistance to the ones we have. Now, researchers at La Trobe University have found a peptide in the flower of a tobacco plant that could be the first of a new kind of antibiotic.
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A new study suggests antibiotic use in babies can impair the efficacy of several key vaccinations administered in the early years of life. The study hypothesizes that antibiotics can disrupt an infant’s developing gut microbiome which subsequently can reduce the effectiveness of a vaccination.
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As if it’s not bad enough that bacteria are increasingly becoming resistant to our best antibiotics, some bugs are even eating the drugs. Scientists have now examined just how the bacteria disarm and consume the antibiotics as food, uncovering new potential ways to fight back against resistance.
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Bacteria can be hardy little creatures, thanks mostly to their strong cell walls. Now researchers at Harvard have identified a structural weakness that seems to be built into a range of bacterial species, potentially paving the way for a new class of widely-effective antibacterial drugs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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