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An Antibiotic Alternative? Using a Virus to Fight Bacteria
drugs
May 09, 2019
An Antibiotic Alternative? Using a Virus to Fight Bacteria.
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Combination therapy ‘favourable’ in long-term acne treatment
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 30, 2019
According to Rutgers researchers, physicians are scaling back on prescribing antibiotics for long-term acne treatment in favour of a combination of therapies.
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New technology for accelerated wound healing discovered
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 29, 2019
Researchers have found a new way of accelerating wound healing using lactic acid bacteria as vectors to produce and deliver a human chemokine on site in the wounds…
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VA Doctors Prescribing Unnecessary Antibiotics, Study Says
drugs
April 28, 2019
VA Doctors Prescribing Unnecessary Antibiotics, Study Says.
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Antibiotic use increases risk of severe viral disease in mice
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 28, 2019
Killing gut bacteria with drugs weakens immune response…
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Identifying mutations that give bacteria antibiotic resistance
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 22, 2019
Ribosomal RNA is one of the main targets of antibiotics, however mutations in the rRNA form resistance against the drug and is a well known route…
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FDA warns maker of children's OTC drugs after bacteria found in water system
fiercepharma
April 18, 2019
A maker of over-the-counter products that include medicines for infants and children has been told by the FDA that it must completely remake its water system because it failed to prevent high levels of bacteria in its products.
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Lonza JV to produce live biotherapeutics for gut bacteria field
fiercepharma
April 10, 2019
The FDA and the pharma industry have taken note as the nutrition industry has promoted gut bacteria for preventing disease.
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Compound that kills drug-resistant fungi is isolated from ant microbiota
worldpharmanews
April 08, 2019
Antimicrobial and antifungal resistance, which describe the ability of bacteria and other pathogens to resist the effects of drugs to which they were once sensitive, is a major public health problem worldwide.
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Study warns of disinfectant use in hospitals
pharmatimes
March 19, 2019
A new study has warned that the use of disinfectants to clean and control infections in hospitals should be regulated in the same way that prescribing antibiotics is.