New test can pinpoint which individuals with gonorrhea can be relieved with ciprofloxacin Kumar Jeetendra | August 7, 2020 A test made by UCLA researchers could pinpoint which individuals with gonorrhea will react successfully to the inexpensive oral antibiotic ciprofloxacin, which had formerly been sidelined over concerns the bacterium that causes the disease was becoming resistant to it. In study published in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, a UCLA-led team found that of …
Poisonous pesticide transformed into treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | December 30, 2020 They are used as pesticides and fungicides. However, these substances could be poisonous to humans and cause mutations. As they aren’t frequently used, there’s little data about them in the medicinal chemistry literature. However, it has been suggested recently that the groups of substances that are traditionally avoided can help to fight pathogenic bacteria. Yet, …
Study shows the effect of ‘reverse antibiotic’ on gram-negative bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | March 5, 2021 Researchers from Skoltech and MSU have investigated antibiotic nybomycin that could prove effective against bacteria resistant to other antibiotics. Their research was published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. All bacterial cells contain topoisomerases, a significant group of enzymes that help deal with spatial problems stemming from bacterial cell division related to circular DNA …
