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Alison Prodzinski

How Pigs on Antibiotics Are Making Superbugs Stronger | Popular Science - 0 views

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  • new research suggests it’s the animals, and the drugs we feed them
  • MRSA started out as a drug-defeatable bug and then transferred into the pig population, where it developed resistance to two common forms of antibiotics
  • “[It’s] like watching the birth of a superbug,”
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  • humans have supplied a strong force through the excessive use of antibiotic drugs in farm animal production,
  • Alison Prodzinski on 28 Mar 13
     
    MSRA could be defeated when first discovered. However, it was transferred to the pig population and went crazy after that. Humans over immunize animals and make super-bugs from inappropriate and overuse of antibiotics.  New tests are being done with bacteria being injected into other hosts - which then can be used to kill MRSA. This method could find new and natural antibiotics that could fight various forms of drug-resistant superbugs!
Jenna Veldhuizen

BMC Microbiology | Full text | In vivo killing of Staphylococcus aureus using a light-a... - 0 views

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  • Jenna Veldhuizen on 05 May 13
     
    This was the first study to use a light-activated substance to destroy MRSA in wounds
Casey Finnerty

How Much Is a Drug-Resistance Death Worth? Less Than $600 | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

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microbiology antibiotic resistance

shared by Casey Finnerty on 29 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • For every death from AIDS, the US federal research establishment awards approximately $69,000 in grant funds. And for every death from MRSA, it awards $570.
  • MRSA, let’s remember, kills an estimated 19,000 Americans a year: more than HIV, and more than pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, H. influenzae and group A Streptococcus combined. 
  • because HIV has been a research priority for most of the 30 years of its existence, research has brought forth thousands of  antiviral compounds and drug combinations for treatment.
Elijah Velasquez

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches Brilliance GBS Agar - 1 views

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  • Elijah Velasquez on 26 Mar 13
     
    The Brilliance GBS Agar is used for the testing of Group B streptococci (GBS) during pregnancy. The new agar is designed to reduce the number of test steps for clinical technicians, give more reliable results, and enable faster patient treatment by featuring proprietary Inhibigen™ technology. In trials, up to 99% of the negatives show no growth, greatly simplifying interpretation. And because the product requires only a single inoculation, it is also ideal for those laboratories who are already automating their test procedures. Screening for GBS can now be as simple as screening for MRSA".
loryn_micro

Protein Complex Found In Breast Milk Forces Drug-Resistant \'Superbugs\' Including MRSA... - 0 views

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  • loryn_micro on 04 May 13
     
    Interesting article on reversing antibiotic resistance with a naturally occurring protein in breast milk.
Casey Finnerty

BBC News - Antibiotic 'apocalypse' warning - 1 views

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microbiology antibiotic resistance

shared by Casey Finnerty on 24 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • The rise in drug resistant infections is comparable to the threat of global warming, according to the chief medical officer for England.
  • MRSA rapidly became one of the most feared words in hospitals wards and there are growing reports of resistance in strains of E. coli, tuberculosis and gonorrhoea.
  • Casey Finnerty on 07 Mar 13
     
    Some UK perspective on the antibiotic resistance problem.
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