Potential weapons for the battle against antibiotic resistance discovered
The scientists found specifically that the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa can produce specific molecular factors that dramatically increase or decrease an antibiotic’s ability to kill Staphylococcus aureus, another bacterium that often co-infects with P. aeruginosa.
The findings, published in PLoS Biology, point to the possibility of new antibiotics employing these factors to enhance antibiotic susceptibility.
The research also shows how understanding the precise mix of bacteria and their interactions could become a standard part of clinical practice in treating bacterial infections, especially the more dangerous infections involving antibiotic resistance. Doctors currently gauge the antibiotic susceptibility of an infecting bacterial species by examining it in isolation from other species.
Read more here or read the original scientific article.
Mogućnosti zaposlenja
Centar za istraživanje i prijenos znanja u biotehnologiji Sveučilišta u Zagrebu traži asistenta
Rok za prijavu: 17.04.2020
Laboratorij za biološku raznolikost IRB-a traži poslijedoktoranda/icu
Rok za prijavu: 31.08.2020
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Remdesivir and chloroquine effectively inhibit the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in vitro
Our findings reveal that remdesivir and chloroquine are highly effective in the control of 2019-nCoV infection in vitro. Since these compounds have been used in human patients with a safety track record and shown to be effective against various ailments, we suggest that they should be assessed in human patients suffering from the novel coronavirus disease.
Probiotics are mostly useless and can actually hurt you
Probiotics are living micro-organisms that are taken by millions of people to boost their microbiome or to restore their gut ecosystem after a dose of antibiotics. Yet questions remain about whether they actually work.Postani član HMD-a
Cilj Društva je okupljanje mikrobiologa i stručnjaka srodnih struka s ciljem unapređenja svih grana mikrobiologije.
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