Are scientists finally beating antimicrobial resistance?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Are scientists finally beating antimicrobial resistance?

Hindustan Times  

Antimicrobial resistant infections kill millions every year. "Antibiotic resistance is still far from solved, but there has been a lot of progress in both better understanding and better practices for discovering new antibiotics," said Luis Pedro Coelho, a computational biologist at Queensland University of Technology in Australia. The study is proof we can be optimistic about AMR, said Sebastian Hiller, a structural biologist at the University of Basel in Switzerland, who was not involved in the research: "This is just one example of ongoing research showing our scientific capabilities to fight superbugs are huge," Hiller told DW. Modaresi said the new study shows that artificial intelligence has become instrumental in the scientific fight against AMR and that "the application of machine learning has accelerated the process of discovering new antibiotics." Hiller said that while there are reasons to be optimistic about the scientific fight against AMR, the next major challenge is creating new antibiotic agents which are commercially viable.

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Nearly 40 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant superbug infections by 2050, new study estimates
3 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 40 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant superbug infections by 2050, new study estimates

CNN  

CNN — The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could increase nearly 70% by 2050, a new study projects, further showing the burden of theongoing superbug crisis. Older adults bear the burden The researchers – from the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project, the Institute for …

Antibiotic resistance a looming, lethal global threat
1 year, 1 month ago

Antibiotic resistance a looming, lethal global threat

Hindustan Times  

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten our health, and yet only a few pharmaceutical companies are still conducting research into new antibiotic drugs to bring them to market. Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, known as MRSA, are particularly difficult to treat The independent, nonprofit organization has said drug resistance is a major threat, and has called for more research into new …

Scientists use AI to discover new antibiotic against deadly hospital superbug
1 year, 6 months ago

Scientists use AI to discover new antibiotic against deadly hospital superbug

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, developing new antibiotics against A baumannii using conventional chemical screening trials has been challenging …

Antibiotic resistance: What are we doing to solve the crisis?
1 year, 11 months ago

Antibiotic resistance: What are we doing to solve the crisis?

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 14, 2023 16:34 IST Since antibiotics were introduced to the world in the mid-20th century, deaths attributable to infections dropped from over 50 per cent to 10-15 per cent. “Antibiotic resistance will remain a problem for the foreseeable future,” said Paul Blainey, a biological engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Maintaining modern medicine and standards of …

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: New drug can fight off 300 different types of superbugs
2 years, 4 months ago

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: New drug can fight off 300 different types of superbugs

Daily Mail  

Scientists have developed a drug that is hoped could lead the fight against superbugs. Fabimycin — a man-made antibiotic — was found to kill hundreds of bacteria that are resistant to common medicines. Researchers found fabimycin — a yet to be approved antibiotic — works against infections caused by 300 types of gram-negative bacteria WHAT IS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE? It was …

'Game-changing' antibiotic could be 'last line of defence' against superbugs, study suggests
2 years, 8 months ago

'Game-changing' antibiotic could be 'last line of defence' against superbugs, study suggests

Daily Mail  

A 'game-changing' antibiotic could save millions of lives lost to superbugs worldwide each year, a study suggests. But scientists involved in the latest study say patients in the future may be treated with just one dose of teixobactin per day for systemic life-threatening resistant bacterial infections. 'Our ultimate goal is to have a number of viable drugs from our modular …

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally
2 years, 11 months ago

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research that suggests that these “superbugs” have joined the ranks of the world’s leading infectious disease killers. The World Health Organization has been citing a global estimate — several years old — that suggested at least 700,000 people die each year due …

Explained | The challenge of antimicrobial resistance
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained | The challenge of antimicrobial resistance

The Hindu  

Story so far: Antimicrobial resistance, or antibiotics becoming ineffective because pathogens such as viruses, fungi and bacteria become resistant to them, has long been recognised as a major threat to public health. Lower respiratory-tract infections accounted for more than 1.5 million deaths associated with resistance in 2019, making it the most common infectious syndrome. The data was then broken down, …

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally
2 years, 11 months ago

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally

LA Times  

Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research. Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research that suggests that these “superbugs” have joined the ranks of the world’s leading infectious disease killers. The World Health Organization has been citing a global estimate — several …

New Tech Offers Treatment Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Under A Week's Time
3 years, 4 months ago

New Tech Offers Treatment Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Under A Week's Time

News 18  

A new technique my colleagues and I developed that can kill deadly, multidrug-resistant bacteria in real-time could be used to generate targeted therapies that replace traditional, increasingly ineffective antibiotics. The technique we developed at the Chatterjee Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder uses a synthetic version of RNA called PNA, or peptide nucleic acid, to disrupt this basic process …

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