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Nature's secret drug stockpile

Some scientists are looking for new drugs in nature rather than synthesizing them in the lab. Here's why

Salon

Typhoid mutated to beat antibiotics. Science is learning how to beat those strains

The ancient disease is still a killer. And even though there are new drugs, there's a growing rate of antibiotic-resistance cases. Here's a look at the latest strategies to tame typhoid.

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Nature is the world's original pharmacy – returning to medicine's roots could help fill drug discovery gaps

While humans evolved over a period of approximately 6 million years, breakthroughs in modern medicine as we know it today got going only in the 19th and 20th centuries. So how did humans successfully survive through millions of years of diseases and illnesses without modern drugs and treatments?

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Feeding dogs raw meat could have deadly consequences for owners because of poo

According to new research published by Bristol University, feeding dogs raw meat could be bad for human health as it contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria that fuels superbugs

Daily Mirror

West Australian researchers announce major breakthrough in detecting bacterial infections

In a world-first, a research team in Western Australia develops a faster method of detecting bacterial infections, in a move that should also combat antibiotic resistance.

ABC News

As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger

Forget COVID-19, monkeypox and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of oral antibiotics.

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No Operation Warp Speed for antibiotics

Common urinary tract infections are leading to emergency room visits because of the failure of oral antibiotics

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Potentially deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

Tests found more than 10% of sampled products resistant to antibiotic used to treat serious illnesses in humans

The Guardian - UK

Why India should support antibiotics development

India needs an investment mindset that can fund and sustain drug discovery and development

The Hindu

Bowel cancer risk could be increased by taking antibiotics for too long, warns study

Bowel cancer cases continue to rise at an alarming rate. Could an overuse of antibiotic be a possible cause? A new study indicates so

Daily Mirror

Highly antibiotic-resistant MRSA strain that arose in pigs ‘can jump to humans’

The strain has become the dominant type of MRSA in European livestock, probably due to widespread antibiotic use in pig farming, researchers say.

The Independent UK

Fears raised over antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA that can jump from pigs to humans

Experts fear it is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics

Wales Online

All 13 children are stable, says doctor

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Typhoid: S. Typhi is more drug-resistant

The antibiotic-resistant bacteria has spread globally nearly 200 times

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Daily Record

Typhoid could be latest medical risk to UK as strains build tolerance to antibiotics

Experts say prevention measures are desperately needed to avoid an outbreak

Wales Online

Old killer could be latest medical risk to UK as typhoid strains build up resistance to antibiotics

Experts say the developments mean that measures to prevent the spread of the disease are urgently needed

The Independent UK

Typhoid-causing bacteria have become increasingly antibiotic resistant – study

Antibiotics can be used to successfully treat typhoid, but their effectiveness is threatened by resistant strains.

Wales Online

Typhoid-causing bacteria have become increasingly antibiotic resistant - study

Resistant strains have spread to other countries nearly 200 times since 1990

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Benzinga

Antibiotic Makers Adopt Their Own Environmental Safeguard Standards

The AMR Industry Alliance, a life-sciences coalition set up to provide sustainable solutions to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is adopting its standards limiting toxic emissions. The Alliance published its Antibiotic Manufacturing Standard: Minimizing the risk of developing antibiotic resistance and aquatic ecotoxicity in the environment resulting from manufacturing human antibiotics. The…

The Guardian - UK

How cannabis-fed chickens may help cut Thai farmers’ antibiotic use

Scientists observed fewer cases of avian bronchitis and superior meat after chickens given cannabis

Daily Mirror

Superbug-killing drugs for NHS patients to stop simple surgery becoming deadly

Routine operations could one day become deadly as bacteria become more resistant to antibiotics - but a world-first subscription deal announced in the UK could change this

The Independent UK

Ocean plastic pollution could be source of new antibiotics, study suggests

Scientists say they could isolate five antibiotic-producing bacteria from ocean plastic

The Independent UK

Study aims to improve tests to predict antibiotic resistance

Earlier this year, a study estimated that antimicrobial resistance caused 1.27 million deaths in 2019.

The Guardian - UK

Drugmakers urged to give poorer nations access to more antibiotics

Antifungals also needed, says study, as drug resistance has increased faster than expected, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa

The Hindu

Bacteria with antibiotic resistant genes discovered in Antarctica, scientists say

A bacteria have been discovered in Antarctica with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antim

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