It’s not easy to tell when a dynamic system, filled with life, might reach a point of no return.
In a world first, researchers are harnessing data science to describe and predict when resistance to antibiotics will emerge during treatment for a bacterial infection.
Antibiotics have been around for less than a century. But as resistant bacteria become increasingly difficult to treat, we risk a greater number of deaths from infections.
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A review indicates that both cannabinoids and terpenes in cannabis show great promise as antivirals in laboratory research, and could be used to treat infections including COVID-19.
Could a combination of phage therapy and antibiotics be the key to unlocking the antimicrobial-resistant superbug crisis?
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria causes 700,000 deaths annually, but there are strategies we can use to slow the rapid rise of these superbugs.
Malaysia’s shrimp industry is big business, but unapproved antibiotic use has led to export bans and negative perceptions of the country's aquaculture industry. Can bioprospecting turn things around?
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Professor Dena Lyras’ continuing mission lies in trying to understand the formidable enemy of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, particularly those in the human gut.
You can have this STI without knowing it, or have symptoms. It can affect men and women, and it can be treated with antibiotics. Left untreated, it may cause complications.
Since COVID-19's emergence, soaps and sanitisers are ubiquitous, but researchers are warning that the antibacterial additives they contain are dangerous to our health.
Using phage therapy to resensitise a type of bacteria to antibiotics, researchers have found a way to revert antibiotic resistance.
Before COVID-19 began causing sickness, pain and death, a much bigger health threat has been evolving, and desperately needs to be stopped.
Researchers have repurposed existing tools to make a COVID-19 immunity test breakthrough.
Critically ill patients from intensive care units are part of a global trial testing a suite of flu and pneumonia drugs in a bid to combat COVID-19.
An alarming rise in STIs is being exacerbated by inadequate access to services.
A bacteria that thrives in compost and manure is being groomed to take the fight to superbugs.
It's the most common vaginal infection affecting women of reproductive age, but is often considered a non-serious condition – and that needs to change.
A surprising number of people are catching pneumonia or urinary tract infections in hospital, a new Australian study shows for the first time.
Antibiotic resistance is a global challenge in the battle between mankind and microbes. Watch 'Beating the Superbugs' for a truly multidisciplinary 360 degree view of the issue.
Governments around the world are turning to behavioural science to find better ways to persuade people to act.
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