�㽶��Ƶ News - antibiotics

Drug-resistant infections kill almost 1.3m people a year - The Economist, January 22, 2022

webfull — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 20:13:28 +0000

A study led by Giorgia Sulis, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, was cited by the Economist.

Published: 21 January 2022

Specialized cellular compartments discovered in bacteria

webfull — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:36:23 +0000

Researchers at �㽶��Ƶ have discovered bacterial organelles involved in gene expression, suggesting that bacteria may not be as simple as once thought. This finding could offer new targets for the development of new antibiotics.

The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to show that E. coli uses similar strategies to regulate gene transcription as other more complex cell types.

Published: 20 July 2020

New understanding of antibiotic synthesis

webfull — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:20:05 +0000

Insight into way enzymes work could shape future therapeutic production

Researchers at �㽶��Ƶ’s Faculty of Medicine have made important strides in understanding the functioning of enzymes that play an integral role in the production of antibiotics and other therapeutics. Their findings are published in Science.

Published: 8 November 2019

Cranberries join forces with antibiotics to fight bacteria

webfull — Tue, 28 May 2019 10:58:24 +0000

Published: 28 May 2019

New hope in the fight against superbugs

webfull — Wed, 03 May 2017 19:16:39 +0000

Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health threat. So much so that a 2014 study commissioned by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom predicted that, if the problem is left unchecked, in less than 35 years more people will die from antibiotic resistant superbugs than from cancer. It is critical that researchers develop new antibiotics informed by knowledge of how superbugs are resistant to this medication.

Published: 3 May 2017

Simulated patient study sheds new light on antibiotic use in India

webfull — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:15:52 +0000

McGill Newsroom

As a result of the overuse or misuse of antibiotics, antimicrobial resistant superbugs represent an extraordinary threat to global health. This threat is particularly great in India, the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics and the country facing the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world.

Published: 25 August 2016

A molecular on/off switch for antibiotic resistance

webfull — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:11:43 +0000

McGill Newsroom

Antibiotic resistance represents a major challenge in treating pathogenic bacterial infections.

Now, researchers at �㽶��Ƶ have discovered a possible target for fighting back against resistant bacteria.

Published: 9 June 2016

3D images of enzymes may lead to improved antibiotics

webfull — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:32:21 +0000

Published: 13 January 2016

Could maple syrup help cut use of antibiotics?

webfull — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:04:23 +0000

A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments by researchers at �㽶��Ƶ.

Published: 16 April 2015

Antibiotics improve growth in children

webfull — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:55:42 +0000

Published: 16 April 2014