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antibiotic - A class of natural and synthetic compounds that inhibit the growth of, or kill some micro-organisms. Antibiotics are widely used medicinally to control bacterial pathogens, but resistance in bacteria to particular antibiotics is often rapidly acquired through mutation. [FAO]

News archive for antibiotic.

Team Tracks Antibiotic Resistance From Swine Farms To Groundwater  -  21 Aug 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — The routine use of antibiotics in swine production can have unintended consequences, with antibiotic resistance genes sometimes leaking from

NIAID to Study Advanced Life Sciences’ Antibiotic as a Biodefense ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The NIAID plans to evaluate Advanced Life Sciences Holdings’ antibiotic, cethromycin, as a treatment for anthrax and in other high-priority biodefense areas

Finding new diseases for known cures  -  21 Aug 2007
Toronto Star,..."My program predicts in a virtual world ... what the chances are for all those tens of thousands of substances to be antibiotic," he says.

Frog plus frying pan equals better antibiotic  -  21 Aug 2007
RxPG NEWS,By University of Michigan, [RxPG] By creating Teflon versions of natural antibiotics found in frog skin, a research team led by biological chemist E. Neil

Teflon being tested for use with antibiotic  -  21 Aug 2007
The News Journal,The Teflon versions of the antibiotic can stay intact in the body longer and may be safe to use. New drugs with antimicrobial peptides, which kill a wide

Take now, pay later  -  21 Aug 2007
Guardian Unlimited,..."I know about antibiotic resistance, but it's a bit like climate change - it's someone else's problem," she says. Hays, it seems, is not alone in this

Beneficial Products Continue to Play a Role in Daily Hygiene ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Web Services Journal,What is most disappointing is the authors' revisiting attempts to link real-life use of these products to antibiotic resistance -- a claim that is refuted

News source: Business Wire  -  21 Aug 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Conventional diagnostics methods can take several days and often causes physicians to administer broad antibiotic or antifungal coverage that are

Medicis Has an Earnings Glow  -  21 Aug 2007
BusinessWeekPrincipal prescription pharmaceuticals include acne treatments such Solodyn, a once-daily oral form of minocyline antibiotic; Ziana, a once-daily gel acne

American College of Gastroenterology Issues Guidelines for ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Medscape (subscription)..."The most important predictors of treatment failure following anti-H. pylori therapy include poor compliance and antibiotic resistance," the study authors

Advance Life keeps plugging in the lab  -  21 Aug 2007
Chicago Sun-Times,After an investment of $30 million in lab development and testing by Advanced Life Sciences, its new antibiotic cethromycin is showing promise as the

Pfizer ‘Clean Up, Seal Up’ Dry Cow Plan Worth up to £2000 per Year  -  21 Aug 2007
Stackyard,It involves treating cows at drying off with conventional antibiotic dry cow tubes to clean up pre-existing infection, followed immediately by a

Antibiotic Use in Early Life May Increase Risk for Childhood Asthma  -  Aug 20, 2007
cybermed.it,..."To address the major methodological issues of reverse causation and selection bias in epidemiologic studies of antibiotic use in early life and the

Indonesia must be smarter in handing out antibiotics  -  Aug 19, 2007
Jakarta Post,It is now well known antibiotic use has several negative effects. Approximately 10 percent of people given antibiotics will experience some types of side

Research and Markets: Antibiotics and Drug Resistance 2007 - Drug ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Business Wire (press release),This report reviews new drug innovation and strategy to combat antibiotic resistance mechanisms. This embraces current research-stage activities,

Region records second case of meningococcal disease  -  Aug 20, 2007
ABC Online,Hunter New England Health will not say what part of the region she is from, but says antibiotic treatment has been arranged for those who have been in close

Nektar, Bayer sign inhaled antibiotic agreement  -  Aug 6, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,NKTR-061 is a reformulated version of the antibiotic amikacin, which can become toxic when delivered intravenously, said Nektar CEO Howard Robin.

Contracts Support Clinical Trials On Antibiotic-Resistant ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,S. aureus bacteria are the most common cause of skin and soft tissue infections in the United States; strains resistant to the antibiotic methicillin have

Nektar, Bayer sign inhaled antibiotic agreement  -  Aug 6, 2007
ReutersDE: Quote, Profile, Research) to jointly develop an inhaled antibiotic. Bayer will pay $50 million up front, and then as much as $125 million more to Nektar

Henan Topfond Pharma to invest $21 mln to expand antibiotic API ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
Interfax.cn (subscription),RMB 161.85 million ($21.41 million) to expand production capacity of an active pharmaceutical ingredient that will be used in antibiotic preparations.

Bronchitis more resistant to antibiotics  -  Aug 14, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Cough And Cold Care Kits Reduce Antibiotic Use (March 2, 2004) -- A program in health clinics where physicians offer patients a cough and cold

Antibiotic Resistance: Doctors' Antibiotic Prescribing Practices ...  -  Jul 27, 2007
Science Daily (press release)And this practice is hindering efforts to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance - whereby disease-causing bacteria become unresponsive to the most

Study suggests efficacy of non-antibiotic acne treatment  -  Aug 13, 2007
CosmeticsDesign.com,By Katie Bird 8/13/2007 - A recent report in the British Journal of Dermatology suggests an effective non-antibiotic treatment for acne that may help to

Study uses ecology and evolution to model the rise of antibiotic ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
Laboratory Products News,...of bacteria into an environment containing antibiotics introduces sufficient genetic variation to cause the evolution of antibiotic resistance,

56 exporters to be exempt from antibiotic testing  -  Jul 30, 2007
Vietnam Economic Times,Recently, the ministry has decided to apply urgent measures to control antibiotic and chemical residue in aquatic products, under which only those

Unusual transformations in the biosynthesis of the antibiotic ...  -  Aug 2, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),Phosphinothricin tripeptide (PTT, phosphinothricylalanylalanine) is a natural-product antibiotic and potent herbicide that is produced by Streptomyces

Instant Steam Takes On Antibiotic Resistant 'Superbugs' Like MRSA  -  Jul 31, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — A method for making instant steam, without the need for electricity, promises to be useful for tackling antibiotic resistant 'superbugs'

Schering-Plough pulls EU antibiotic filing  -  Jul 26, 2007
ReutersN: Quote, Profile, Research) has withdrawn its application to European regulators for experimental antibiotic garenoxacin, the European Medicines Agency

Specialist Doctor Blames Hospital for Brain Death  -  Aug 20, 2007
Arab News,...the 33-year-old Saudi asthma sufferer who was allegedly administered a banned antibiotic, a specialist doctor invited by the Yanbu General Hospital to

300 People From Camp Given Meningitis Antibiotic  -  Aug 10, 2007
News4Jax.com,About 270 children and 30 adults have been asked to take an antibiotic that helps prevent bacterial meningitis after attending a summer day camp with a

UCLA researchers awarded $9M contract for study identifiying ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
EurekAlert (press release),...“We are hopeful to be able to identify the most effective antibiotic treatment for these infections.�? Last year, the research team reported in The New

Mechanism Of Unusual Antibiotic  -  Aug 8, 2007
Chemical & Engineering NewsCrystal structures of lactivicin with the penicillin-binding protein (PBP) reveal how this unusual antibiotic interacts with its target.

Plain Soap as Good as Antibacterial  -  Aug 17, 2007
WebMDThere was also no evidence of an increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the hands of people who washed with the antibacterial products.

Antibiotic Resistance and Generic Competition Impede Antibiotics ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),Owing to antibiotic resistance and generic competition, the global antibiotics market is forecast to witness lackluster growth and reach US$30 billion by

Nektar to team with Bayer on inhaled antibiotic  -  Aug 8, 2007
Medical Marketing and Media,...by Stephen McGuire Nektar Therapeutics, co-marketer of the inhaled insulin Exubera, has inked a deal to jointly develop an inhaled antibiotic to treat

Bayer, Nektar in antibiotic agreement  -  Aug 7, 2007
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,By Anna Lewcock 07/08/2007 - Bayer HealthCare has joined forces with US firm Nektar Therapeutics to develop a new inhalable antibiotic for the treatment of

Human antibiotic resistance studied in pigs  -  Aug 6, 2007
PigProgress.net,Pigs could be the key to understanding how antibiotic resistant bacteria persist in Intensive Care Units in hospitals. Dr Chin told the 2007 Australian

Bayer and Nektar form antibiotic agreement  -  Aug 7, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewBy Staff Writer Bayer HealthCare and Nektar Therapeutics have agreed to develop and commercialize an inhaled antibiotic to fight gram-negative pneumonias.

Cranberries May Offer Natural Protection as Antibiotic Resistance ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),6 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent headlines suggesting consumers and doctors are doing everything they can to combat antibiotic resistance -- the immunity that

Bayer gives Nektar a boost through inhaled antibiotic alliance  -  Aug 7, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),Bayer has teamed up with Nektar Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $175 million which will see the firms work together to develop an inhaled antibiotic.

Unique antibiotic beats superbugs' resistance  -  Aug 6, 2007
Chemistry World,The discovery of how a unique antibiotic kills its targets has uncovered a new way to tackle resistant superbugs. A team of chemists and structural

Why antibiotic overuse is a global issue  -  Aug 7, 2007
Healthcare RepublicIn the UK we have many concerns about antibiotic-resistant infections. There is the growing problem of C difficile and while there does appear to be a drop

Nektar, Bayer Sign Inhaled Antibiotic Agreement  -  Aug 7, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),...so far to capture much interest, said on Monday it has signed an agreement with German drugmaker Bayer AG to jointly develop an inhaled antibiotic.

Cranberries May Offer Natural Protection as Antibiotic Resistance ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Nutrition horizon (press release),07/08/07 Recent headlines suggesting consumers and doctors are doing everything they can to combat antibiotic resistance -- the immunity that bacteria

New contracts support clinical trials on antibiotic-resistant ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
FirstScience,By NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID today announced the award of two new five-year contracts to study whether selected oral,

Pigs key to understanding antibiotic resistant bacteria  -  Aug 1, 2007
News-Medical.net,Pigs could be the key to understanding how antibiotic resistant bacteria persist in Intensive Care Units in hospitals. NSW Department of Primary Industries

Nektar Therapeutics And Bayer HealthCare Reveal Agreement On ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
RTT News,...its proprietary pulmonary technology to deliver a specially-formulated amikacin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, for inhalation deep into the lung.

Antibacterial Soap No Better And May Be Worse Than Plain Soap  -  Aug 16, 2007
MedPage Today,Furthermore, the soaps, most of which contain the antimicrobial triclosan, produced worrisome antibiotic cross-resistance among different species of

Exports of antibiotic intermediate decline in H1  -  Aug 6, 2007
Interfax.cn (subscription),INTERFAX-CHINA - The exports of 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA), an antibiotic intermediate used for the production of semi-synthetic penicillins including

Antibiotic Prescribing Increases Antibiotic Resistance in ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Antibiotic prescribing to individual children may also maintain a high level of antibiotic resistance in the general population. "To develop an effective

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