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Biosensor That Detects Antibiotic Resistance Brings Us One Step Closer to Fighting SuperbugsOn May 8th JoVE will publish research that demonstrates how a biosensor can detect antibiotic resistance in bacteria. This new technology is a preliminary step in identifying and fighting superbugs, a major public health concern that has led to more deaths than AIDS in the United States in recent years. The technology is the result of collaboration between Dr. Vitaly Vodyanoy at Auburn University and the Keesler Air Force Base with funding from the United States Air Force. |
Embargo expired: 5/8/2013 9:30 AM EDT
Released: 5/7/2013 10:25 AM EDT
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE) |
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Breast Milk Protein Complex Helps Reverse Antibiotic ResistanceA protein complex found in human breast milk can help reverse the antibiotic resistance of bacterial species that cause dangerous pneumonia and staph infections, according to new University at Buffalo research. |
Embargo expired: 5/1/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Released: 4/26/2013 1:00 PM EDT
University at Buffalo |
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New Study Identifies Unique Mechanisms of Antibiotic ResistanceMicrobiologists have identified mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in a clinical isolate of E. coli resistant to carbapenems, a class of “last resort” antibiotics. The new study, in April’s Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, found the E. coli genetically mutated four times to resist the antibiotic, showing the lengths to which bacteria will go to survive. |
Released: 3/26/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Tufts University |
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Top 10 Ways to Prevent Infection This Year
How's this for a top 10 list: "Top 10 ways to prevent infections this year." Beyond the obvious—steering clear of runny noses and hacking coughs—the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) presents some other practical ways of staying infection-free. |
Released: 3/7/2013 4:45 PM EST
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) |
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Outbreaks, Epidemics and Pandemics—What You Need to Know
Each month, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) issues consumer tips on infection prevention. The February 2013 feature is titled "Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics—what you need to know." |
Released: 3/7/2013 4:00 PM EST
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) |
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Tracking the Evolution of Antibiotic ResistanceAn automated device is yielding a new understanding of how antibiotic resistance evolves at the genetic level. This work will be presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society (BPS), held Feb. 2-6, 2013, in Philadelphia, Pa. |
Released: 2/1/2013 9:00 AM EST
Biophysical Society |
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Study May Lead to Treatments That Are Effective Against All MRSA Strains
New research from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has pinpointed a gene that causes the dominant strain of MRSA infection to linger on the skin longer than other strains, allowing it to be passed more readily from one person to the next. |
Released: 1/31/2013 11:40 AM EST
University of North Carolina School of Medicine |
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Daily Antiseptic Baths Slash Risk of Bloodstream Infections in Critically Ill Children
Daily baths with an ordinary antibacterial cleanser can safely reduce the risk of dangerous bloodstream infections in critically ill children, according to a trial conducted in five pediatric hospitals and led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. A report on the findings of the research -- the first of its kind in children and one of the largest infection-prevention trials to date -- will be published online Jan. 26 in The Lancet |
Embargo expired: 1/25/2013 6:30 PM EST
Released: 1/22/2013 3:00 PM EST
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
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Synthetic Corkscrew Peptide Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative BacteriaPrototype drug stabs membranes to kill microbes that cause pneumonia, sepsis, other infections. |
Released: 1/24/2013 10:00 AM EST
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
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Combating MRSA: Researchers Study ToxinResearchers have discovered a toxin in community-associated MRSA that kills human cells. |
Released: 12/4/2012 2:45 PM EST
Indiana State University |