Phages may help fight drug-resistant infections—but finding the right ones for each bacterium is no mean feat. https://media.wired.com/photos/632e463cd884b4dcc941657a/master/pass/Superbugs_Phages_science_ScienceSource_SS2477568.jpg
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Drugged puppies blamed for spreading diarrhea superbugs in multi-state outbreak
Enlarge / I don’t feel so good. (credit: Getty | Christopher Furlong) Puppies given a startling amount of antibiotics have spurred a multi-state outbreak of diarrhea-causing bacterial infections that are extensively drug resistant, federal and state health officials report this week. The finding, published in the September 21 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by the […]
Hospital superbugs are evolving to survive hand sanitizers
Enlarge / A woman wearing a surgical mask washing her hands with a hand sanitizer. (credit: Getty | Andia) Popular hand sanitizers may be heading the way of antibiotics, according to a study published this week in Science Translational Medicine. Bacteria gathered from two hospitals in Australia between 1997 and 2015 appeared to gradually get […]
How dirty rubber ducks are connected to superbugs: McMaster scientist
A recent study from Switzerland suggests that rubber duckies are potential havens for disease-carrying bacteria. An expert in infectious disease from McMaster University explains how concerned you should be about household germs.
Platypus milk has protein with potential to fight superbugs
The milk of the duck-billed platypus has a unique protein with antimicrobial properties that Australian scientists believe could be a new lead in creating antibiotics effective against superbugs.
Doctors are finally helping stop superbugs
A new kind of thinking is helping curb the over-prescribing of antibiotics. @NightshiftMD explains why doctors are finally starting to get the message.
How Dirt Could Save Humanity from an the Apocalypse of antibiotic-resistant superbugs
One chemist thinks he’s found a way for us to outrun the lethal juggernaut of antibiotic resistance. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a5aba55c06062536a164b80/master/pass/0087-1-9-2018_Wired-drugs-from-dirt.jpg
Sea sponges ‘can save us from superbugs’
SCIENTISTS are harvesting bacteria-eating compounds from sea sponges that could be used to kill drug-resistant infections. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Antibiotics Made Cheap Chicken Possible. They Also Made Superbugs
In her new book, Big Chicken, Maryn McKenna traces the evolution of antimicrobial resistance from poultry farms to hospital emergency rooms. https://media.wired.com/photos/59aeecec40adcf64e81fd70d/master/pass/Maryn-mckenna-HP.jpg Feed: All Latest
Fighting Superbugs by Hacking Antibiotic Resistance
As a 32-year-old financial consultant in Manhattan, with plans to propose to his girlfriend, Nauman used to be at the top of his game. Then, a few years ago, he felt a twinge in his right lung. Soon enough, he was suffering from night sweats and diarrhea, and coughing up coagulated blood. After testing positive […]
