±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News - antibiotics /channels/news_feeds/all/term/antibiotics/rss en Drug-resistant infections kill almost 1.3m people a year - The Economist, January 22, 2022 /channels/channels/news/drug-resistant-infections-kill-almost-13m-people-year-economist-january-22-2022-337019 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A study led by Giorgia Sulis, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, was cited by the <em>Economist.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 20:13:28 +0000 webfull 177074 at /channels Specialized cellular compartments discovered in bacteria /channels/channels/news/specialized-cellular-compartments-discovered-bacteria-323299 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 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.</p> <p>The study, published in <i><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/07/15/2005019117">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a></i>, is the first to show that <i>E. coli </i>uses similar strategies to regulate gene transcription as other more complex cell types.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/rnap.jpg?itok=hDb6v8ts" width="160" height="29" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:36:23 +0000 webfull 162031 at /channels New understanding of antibiotic synthesis /channels/channels/news/new-understanding-antibiotic-synthesis-302433 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p align="center"><strong>Insight into way enzymes work could shape future therapeutic production</strong></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p>Researchers at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™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 <i>Science</i>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/schmeing.png?itok=kpLN3bDC" width="160" height="86" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:20:05 +0000 webfull 155223 at /channels Cranberries join forces with antibiotics to fight bacteria /channels/channels/news/cranberries-join-forces-antibiotics-fight-bacteria-297443 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/feature-cranberries.jpg?itok=I56_Roqk" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 May 2019 10:58:24 +0000 webfull 149582 at /channels New hope in the fight against superbugs /channels/news/new-hope-fight-against-superbugs-267996 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span>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.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/bacterial-kinase.png?itok=QqMsgAii" width="160" height="141" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 03 May 2017 19:16:39 +0000 webfull 128078 at /channels Simulated patient study sheds new light on antibiotic use in India /channels/news/simluated-patient-study-sheds-new-light-antibiotic-use-india-262354 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><em>±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Newsroom</em></strong></p> <p><em>As a result of the overuse or misus<span>e 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.</span></em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/tb.jpg?itok=DOcEWaVh" width="160" height="197" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:15:52 +0000 webfull 120832 at /channels A molecular on/off switch for antibiotic resistance /channels/news/molecular-onoff-switch-antibiotic-resistance-261210 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/"><strong>±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Newsroom</strong></a></em></p> <p><em>Antibiotic resistance represents a major challenge in treating pathogenic bacterial infections.</em></p> <p>Now, researchers at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ have discovered a possible target for fighting back against resistant bacteria.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/thinkstockphotos-462395989.jpg?itok=7XXRgdyR" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:11:43 +0000 webfull 119242 at /channels 3D images of enzymes may lead to improved antibiotics /channels/news/3d-images-enzymes-may-lead-improved-antibiotics-257716 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img align="left" p="" src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/thinkstockphotos-503554614.jpg" style="padding-bottom:10px" /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:32:21 +0000 webfull 115118 at /channels Could maple syrup help cut use of antibiotics? /channels/news/could-maple-syrup-help-cut-use-antibiotics-246929 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments by researchers at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/tufenkji_maisuria_syrup.jpg?itok=zI7A6Nj_" width="160" height="120" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:04:23 +0000 webfull 109447 at /channels Antibiotics improve growth in children /channels/news/antibiotics-improve-growth-children-235330 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/antibiotics.jpg?itok=m2ekOLBG" width="160" height="182" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:55:42 +0000 webfull 102463 at /channels