In the early 2000’s an intestinal superbug began quietly spreading through hospitals around the world causing a deadly form of diarrhea among immune compromised patients.
Looking up at the night sky brings to mind flights of fancy and travelling through space on far off adventures. In reality, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are still learning the challenges of long-term space travel and living in space.
A brand new area of antibiotic drug development is on the horizon as researchers recently unlocked the
molecular mechanism controlling the mysterious process of bacterial hibernation.
The rise of multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens is an alarming trend that is being observed around the world. This has been met with a dwindling number of antibiotic options available to physicians to treat these life-threatening infections.
Researchers earlier this month may have scratched the surface of another weapon in the superbug arsenal of resistance mechanisms.
This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week, an initiative by the WHO to increase global
awareness of antibiotic resistance. In 2016, the United Nations General Assembly discussed the
threat of antibiotic resistance.
The word ‘collateral’ elicits an unpleasant image of unintended damages in our minds.
Sometimes though, the collateral effects could be welcome.
