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HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
A Study on Antibiotic Resistance Shows That Bacteria Aren't Just Out To Help Themselves Microbes that are resistant to the drug protect their weaker kin in the colony, HHMI researchers have found. The discovery upends traditional notions of antibiotic resistance and offers a target for new drugs against bacterial infections. |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
Mineral Resource of the Month: Clays Clays represent one of the largest mineral commodities in the world in terms of mineral and rock production and use. Many people, however, do not recognize that clays are used in an amazingly wide variety of applications. |
Chemistry World
April 24, 2006
Jon Evans |
Putting Some Backbone Into Bacterial Killers Chemists developed a novel folded oligomer (foldamer) that is highly effective at puncturing bacteria and could form the basis for a novel class of antibiotics. |
Wired
May 22, 2009
Erin Biba |
New Germ Busters Outwit Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Researchers are testing new bug-killers that bypass the molecular pathways used by old-school antibiotics. |
Chemistry World
July 16, 2012
Maria Burke |
Nanosilver in Consumer Goods Under the Spotlight The use of silver nanoparticles in textiles, such as insoles and running shirts, to control unpleasant odors produced by bacteria, appears to present little danger to human health or the aquatic environment, according to a new report by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. |
Chemistry World
September 15, 2013
Andy Extance |
Light-switch antibiotics could undermine resistance Dutch chemists have made a new weapon to fight bacteria: an antibiotic whose microbe-killing activity they can turn on using ultraviolet light, before it slowly diminishes. |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2012
Harriet Brewerton |
Speeding up wound healing Scientists in China have developed a material that reduces the time required for a skin wound to heal. |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Billion dollar package unveiled to fight antibiotic resistance President Obama has made a huge investment in the fight against antibiotic resistant bacteria |
Chemistry World
September 19, 2008
John Bonner |
Filling the antibiotic gap Resistance to currently available antibacterial drugs is causing growing concern among doctors who find themselves unable to treat common infections |
Chemistry World
June 8, 2007
Victoria Gill |
A Good Year for Mouth Wash Researchers have provided another excuse for wine lovers to extol the virtues of their indulgence. A team at the University of Pavia have shown that both red and white wine can kill the bacteria that cause tooth decay. |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2007
John Bonner |
Antibiotic Combinations Tackle Resistance Using combinations of certain antimicrobial compounds can favor the growth of non-resistant strains of bacteria at the expense of resistant ones. The surprising finding may provide a general strategy to help eradicate strains of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic therapy. |
Chemistry World
December 5, 2012
Tamsin Cowley |
Safer blood clotting agents for open wounds New toxicity results show that foams would be safer than the currently used clays as materials to stem blood flow in open wounds. |
Chemistry World
May 6, 2014
Andy Extance |
WHO raises alarm on deadly bacteria The World Health Organization has warned antibiotic resistant bacteria could bring a nightmarish future, where seemingly trivial scrapes turn lethal, and currently routine operations become too risky to contemplate. |
Chemistry World
December 24, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
FDA wants the dirt on antibacterial soaps US companies that make antibacterial soaps and body washes will now have to prove to the Food and Drug Administration that their products are safe and more effective than ordinary soap and water. |
Salon.com
June 23, 2000
Leah Kohlenberg |
Attack of the killer nasties? The American Medical Association recently urged the FDA to tighten its control over antibacterial products. So what's stopping it? |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2013
Derek Lowe |
New antibiotics: what's the hold up? Money's a factor that could be adjusted by regulatory agencies, governments, and foundations. But no amount of cash will keep resistant bacteria from being the hard targets they are. |
