Use of short -term antibiotics linked to long -lasting resistance in intestinal bacteria
Researchers at the University of Stanford report that the use of ciprofloxacin leads to persistent antibiotic resistance in human intestinal ...
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In the southeastern United States, weedy rice steals herbicide resistance from cultivated rice
Weedy rice is a close relative of cultivated rice that infests rice fields around the world and significantly reduces yields. ...
Genetic mapping study reveals four main categories of cancer drug resistance mutations
All cancer mutations that cause drug resistance fall into one of four categories. New research has detailed each type, helping ...
Targeting ‘selfish’ bacteria could optimize inhibitors that fight antibiotic resistance
As strains of pathogens resistant to first-line antibiotics become more common worldwide, clinicians are increasingly turning to combination therapies that ...
Dietary zinc inhibits the transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes in laboratory tests
The genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can spread from one microbe to another via circular genetic material called plasmids, ...
Genome sequence analysis identifies new antimicrobial resistance driver
Antibiotics are a life-saving tool. However, due to their chronic overuse, microbes evolve and develop immunity to them. As a ...
Ecosystem study finds that the higher the environmental stress, the lower the resistance to global change
An international study conducted by the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNAS-CSIC), of the Spanish National Research ...
Scientists Discover Superbug’s Rapid Path to Antibiotic Resistance
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), a type of bacteria that often affects people who have taken antibiotics, is responsible for around ...
“Green Resistance” is a Jordanian association that supports Gaza in its own way | Economy
Despite the ugliness of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, it revived humanitarian concepts in the souls of many ...
Wall Street: resistance displayed despite Dell
Wall Street finally ended the week in the green this Friday. After two turbulent days, the American market tried to ...
