Antibiotics, Bacteria and (usually not) Viruses Books "The Thread of Life: The Story of Genes and Genetic Engineering," by Susan Aldridge "The Way Life Works," by Mahlon Hoagland, Bert Dodson "Biology Coloring Book," by Robert D. Griffin, Lawrence M. Elson ...
Evolution is a set of principles that tries to explain how life, in all its various forms, appeared on Earth. The theory of evolution succeeds in explaining why we see bacteria and mosquitoes becoming resistant to antibiotics and insecticides. It also successfully predicted, for example, that X...
Antibiotics are drugs which target bacterial cells. They interfere with the normal functioning of the bacterial cell and function by disrupting their cellular processes. One of the ways it is achieved is by inhibiting vital enzymes which help the bacteria to survive....
NordmannINSERM U914 (Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics)H?pital de BicêtreExpert review of molecular diagnosticsRapid identification of antibiotic-resistant bacteria:how could new diagnostic tests halt potential endemics?. Poirel L,Bonnin RA,Nordmann P. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics . 2013...
Penicillins, an example of narrow-spectrum antibiotics, work by destroying the structure of a cell wall, the layer that holds the whole cell together; glycopeptide antibiotics also go to work on the structure of a cell wall, specifically preventing Gram-positive bacteria from being able to build...
Antibiotics are medications used to treat bacterial infections. In order to be effective, an antibiotic must target a process that takes place in bacteria without harming human cells, thereby killing bacteria without becoming toxic to humans.
The worldwide emergence of antibiotic resistance poses a serious threat to human health. A molecular understanding of resistance strategies employed by bacteria is obligatory to generate less-susceptible antibiotics. Albicidin is a highly potent antibact
It would be unwise to rely on new antibiotics to solve the problem. The rate at which resistance emerges is accelerating. Some new drugs last only two years before bacteria devise countermeasures. When new antibiotics do arrive, doctors often hoard them, prescribing them only grudgingly and for ...
The aim of this review is to collect and discuss the advances in the use of predatory bacteria in this fight against AR, either as biocontrol agents (“living antibiotics”) or as biological resources for innovative antimicrobial products (“microfactories”). 2. Predatory bacteria: what are ...
Targeting IL-17 signalling as a cancer therapy can trigger an imbalance in gut microbiota that fuels tumour growth, but the right antibiotics could break this damaging feedback loop.