Antibiotic resistance: could the potato be our saviour?
Researchers have discovered a new antifungal antibiotic, contained in the infected potato. Plant-derived bacteria could help fight antibiotic resistance. THE ...
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Illustration of the disaster of resistant microbes, isolated minor migrants become infected in France
Microbes resistant to penicillin, for example, are more common among refugees and asylum seekers arriving in Europe, an illustration of ...
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The abuse of antibiotics would have effects on several generations
Antibiotics can have adverse effects across generations: A new study in zebrafish shows that the immune system weakens if one ...
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3D printing: parts to reduce bacteria and fight infections
English researchers have succeeded in 3D printing bacteria-resistant parts. Ultimately, this could make it possible to make objects to fight ...
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Antibiotic resistance: scientists are increasingly interested in the good viruses
Faced with the challenge of antibiotic resistance, scientists are increasingly interested in bacteriophages, the viruses present in our intestines, because ...
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Against superbugs, the blue light trail
Resistant to antibiotics, superbugs would have a weak point: their pathogens could be weakened by blue light, the one produced ...
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France: a new strategy to combat antibiotic resistance
More and more bacteria are resistant to antibiotics, due to the over-prescription of these drugs. THE ESSENTIAL In 2019, France ...
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Over 1.2 million deaths caused by antibiotic resistance
This figure represents more deaths than those caused by AIDS or malaria. THE ESSENTIAL In Europe, bacteria resistant to antibiotics ...
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Antibiotic resistance: one out of two general practitioners confronted with the problem
Nearly three quarters of antibiotics sold in France are prescribed by general practitioners. THE ESSENTIAL Overconsumption of antibiotics can generate, ...
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E. coli: the gene that makes the bacteria insensitive to antibiotics identified
For the first time, researchers have identified a gene allowing the bacterium E. coli to escape antibiotics, which offers new ...
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How does microplastic pollution contribute to antibiotic resistance?
The disintegrated polystyrene pieces are a carrier for the genes of antibiotic resistant bacteria. THE ESSENTIAL Nanometers measure between 100 ...
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Ten million deaths per year in 2050: resistance to antibiotics, the next health catastrophe?
Without intervention, the problem of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections could worsen and overtake the development of new antibiotics. THE ESSENTIAL In ...
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Strong impact of e-coli in the decline of resistant bacteria infections in 2020
For the first time since 2016, the number of antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections has decreased in England, especially infections with the ...
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Disinfectants may increase antibiotic resistance
Disinfectants could prevent antibiotics from working while promoting the body's resistance to these drugs. THE ESSENTIAL The researchers tested the ...
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Why Winter Viruses Are Our Friends Too
If you have caught a cold following the cooling of the temperatures, know that this is indirectly doing you a ...
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A hydrogel against multi-resistant bacteria
A new treatment to treat wounds, in the form of a hydrogel, would be able to kill bacteria resistant to ...
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Antibiotic resistance: when viruses help kill… bacteria
Faced with the threat posed by bacteria resistant to antibiotic treatments, researchers are now relying on bacteriophage viruses to eliminate ...
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Disposal of human waste in nature promotes superbugs
In low- and middle-income countries, the dumping of human waste in nature contaminates surrounding urban waters and contributes to the ...
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How distant travel promotes bacterial resistance
When they return from a past trip to the other side of the world, many international travelers carry in their ...
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A new material to protect wounds from resistant bacteria
This hydrogel is even effective against antibiotic resistant bacteria. THE ESSENTIAL This hydrogel can both prevent and treat infections. Faced ...
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How microplastics contribute to the proliferation of superbugs
Microplastics can multiply the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria up to 30 times once they wash down household drains and enter ...
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Why antibiotic resistance is accelerating
Viruses and bacteria are capable of exchanging their antibiotic resistant properties with an almost unlimited amount of their fellows. In ...
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STI: gonorrhea is increasingly resistant to antibiotics
More and more cases of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea are being reported in the West. According to experts from the World ...
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The Japanese have unlocked the secrets of antibiotic resistance
Researchers have observed the evolution of the bacterium Escherichia coli in the face of different antibiotics to understand the mechanism ...
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Antibiotic consumption down in France
Over the past three years, the consumption of antibiotics in France has shown a slight downward trend. THE ESSENTIAL The ...
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Soon new herbal antibiotics?
To counter antibiotic resistance, many plants can serve as a basis for the design of new treatments. THE ESSENTIAL 459 ...
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Anti-rheumatism drug improves effectiveness of antibiotics
Auranofin, an organic gold drug, is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. When combined with an antibiotic, it eliminates multi-resistant bacteria. ...
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Fat helps our immune defenses
Fat droplets help cells attack bacteria. A process that could help find countermeasures against infectious agents resistant to antibiotics. THE ...
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Why antibiotics need to reinvent themselves
They have saved millions of lives since the discovery of penicillin. But excessive use of antibiotics has multiplied the cases ...
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Two antibacterial compounds effective against tuberculosis
American researchers have just identified two compounds with antibacterial properties which could eventually result in the development of antibiotics against ...
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