News tagged with antimicrobial drug
Amphibians may develop immunity to fatal fungus
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Amphibian populations are declining worldwide, principally because of the spread of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. Researchers know that some amphibian populations and species are innately more susceptible to the disease ...
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New silver nanoparticle skin gel for healing burns
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Scientists in India are reporting successful laboratory tests of a new and potentially safer alternative to silver-based gels applied to the skin of burn patients to treat infections. With names like silver ...
FDA sends Procter & Gamble a warning
Sep 18, 2007 |
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The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has warned the Procter & Gamble Co. about claims it makes for its Vicks Early Defense Foaming Hand Sanitizer.
Two-phase microbial resistance: the example of insects
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Nov 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In less than an hour, the immune system of the beetle Tenebrio molitor neutralizes most of the bacteria infecting its hemolymph (the equivalent to blood in vertebrates); this is rendered possible ...
Study finds multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria high in long-term care
Apr 10, 2009 |
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The prevalence of a certain form of drug-resistant bacteria, called multidrug-resistant gram-negative (MDRGN) organisms, far surpassed that of two other common antimicrobial-resistant infections in long-term care facilities, ...
Scientists decipher mechanism behind antimicrobial 'hole punchers'
Sep 20, 2007 |
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In the battle against bacteria, researchers have scored a direct hit. They have made a discovery that could shorten the road to new and more potent antibiotics.
Tiny carbon nanotubes show big germ-fighting potential
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 03, 2007 |
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In nanoscience’s version of a David-and-Goliath story, scientists in Connecticut are reporting the first direct evidence that carbon nanotubes have powerful antimicrobial activity, a discovery that could help fight the growing ...
Perforated surgical gloves associated with surgical site infection risk
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Surgical gloves that develop holes or leaks during a procedure appear to increase the risk of infection at the surgical site among patients who are not given antibiotics beforehand, according to a report in the June issue ...
US Marshals seize sanitizer for bacteria problems
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service have seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, at Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory's facility in Roy, Utah, the Food and ...
Toward improved antibiotics using proteins from marine diatoms
Sep 08, 2008 |
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Researchers in Florida are reporting an advance toward tapping the enormous potential of an emerging new group of antibiotics identical to certain germ-fighting proteins found in the human immune system. Their ...
10 x '20: ID experts call for 10 new antibiotics by 2020
Nov 23, 2009 |
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The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has asked for a commitment from the Obama administration and the European Union to further the Society's mission to achieve the development of 10 new antibiotics within the ...
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