Antibiotic resistance
From milk from the Tasmanian devil to super antibiotic
Scientists have discovered a large amount of powerful antimicrobial compounds capable of destroying some of today's dangerous drug-resistant bacteria including staphyloc…
Antibiotic resistance
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New weapons help kill drug-resistant bacteria
A new type of peptide can puncture bacterial cell membranes, disrupt the function of important organs to kill drug-resistant bacteria.
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Does phage therapy return to replace antibiotics?
Phage is not a new discovery but when antibiotics were born, this therapy was left open and forgotten.
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If you don't eat meat, what will people do?
Many people ask the question, what if one day the whole world boycotted meat - instead everyone just ate vegetables?
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How did bacteria learn to fight antibiotics?
Antibiotic resistance is a phenomenon that occurs when germs or bacteria are not destroyed by antibiotics. They not only exist but also reproduce new generations of bact…
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Vietnam is among the most antibiotic-resistant countries in the world
While many developed countries still use first-generation antibiotics effectively, Vietnam must use 3rd-and 4th-generation antibiotics.
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Antibiotics seriously affect the development of young children
Putting unnecessary antibiotics into the young body reduces the diversity, stability and abundance of intestinal bacteria.
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Do the old
Ever since biologist Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) discovered penicillin in 1928, humanity was happy by the splendor of
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Find out how to identify resistant bacteria in minutes
US researchers have recently discovered a new technique that could help our species in the fight against disease from the bacteria.
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Detection of 'toxic to humans' gene in cow dung
These genes come from cows' intestinal bacteria and, according to experts, are likely to infect the food and harm people.
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The bacteria can spread the gene
This is a real problem, because the future of your doctor's medications may become harmless to pathogenic bacteria.
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The golden age of antibiotics is over, the immediate future will be a nightmare for humans
There are millions of people who die each year in an era without antibiotics, and then will be a similar number in the coming years. This nightmare is named
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Bacteria resistant to all drugs discovered in the US
The milder level of the past was only multidrug-resistant bacteria and wide drug resistance.
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The last defensive layer before the virus takes us back to the Stone Age
For decades, the battle for human survival has been silently happening. And today, a bacterium has developed its ability to resist Colistin.
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80 years ago, Alexander Fleming warned humanity about the dark day
In 1928, Alexander Fleming, a scientist from Scottland, was experimenting with flu viruses. When he rummaged through the experimental plates full of different bacteria h…