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Can genetic testing determine antimicrobial susceptibility?
Experts at EUCAST have found that genetic methods cannot yet be used to test for susceptibility in a number of important bacterial species.
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Promising antibiotic programme gets European boost
21 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Researchers at the University of Oxford have been working with two major EU-funded projects to deliver a novel antibiotic programme for clinical development...
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ESCMID and ASM’s review need for new strategies and tactics to fight antimicrobial resistance
11 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) have just closed a joint conference in Vienna, which aimed to help researchers accelerate the development of new antimicrobials and to shed light on the challenges associated with antimicrobial resistance.
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Flow cytometry: breaking bottlenecks in drug discovery and development
The discovery and development of novel drug candidates is a highly complex, time-consuming and expensive process. Pharmaceutical scientists and clinicians should, therefore, reevaluate and modify the existing standard platforms and increase their uptake of robust advanced technologies such as flow cytometry to overcome the bottlenecks in these processes...
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ESCMID-ASM to review antimicrobial development process
27 June 2016 | By European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
ESCMID and ASM are jointly organising a conference to help researchers accelerate the development of new antimicrobials for drug-resistant infections...
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Theravance on Vibativ and fighting antimicrobial resistance
20 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
We recently caught up with Frank Pasqualone of Theravance Biopharma to find out about the latest study results for the company's antibiotic, Vibativ...
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Study finds amyloid-beta acts as natural antibiotic
25 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The findings may lead to new therapeutic strategies and suggest limitations to therapies designed to eliminate amyloid plaques from Alzheimer's patient's brains...
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Soligenix on IDR technology and SGX942
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
We discuss Innate Defense Regulator (IDR) technology with Soligenix's Chief Scientific Officer, Dr Oreola Donini, and find out more about SGX942...
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The threat of antibiotic resistance
25 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Drug Target Review
We've created an infographic on the threat of antibiotic resistance, highlighting some of the recommendations made by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance to date...
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Amping antimicrobial discovery with high-throughput screening
16 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers from NIST have shown that high-throughput screening can dramatically speed up the challenging task of antimicrobial discovery...
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Microptosis could present an antimicrobial drug development opportunity
20 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers have described a novel pathway called microptosis where the immune system's killer cells deliver a 3-phase knockout punch that kills intracellular parasites...
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Time to renew the antibiotic arsenal
19 January 2016 | By Philippe Villain-Guillot, CEO, Nosopharm
Philippe Villain-Guillot, CEO, Nosopharm, discusses antimicrobial resistance and the challenges facing antibacterial drug discovery and development...
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ESCMID publishes guidelines aimed at preventing build-up of biofilms
2 September 2015 | By Victoria White
ESCMID advocates the need for greater education, guidance and research on the build-up, treatment and prevention of biofilms...
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Anti-stroke drug Vinpocetine could be effective as a treatment for middle-ear infections
22 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Vinpocetine is an effective treatment for middle-ear infections, showing the ability to improve bacterial clearance and reduce hearing loss...
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Antibiotic Research UK welcomes the O’Neill Commission’s recommendation to create $2b global fund to tackle antibiotic resistance
14 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Antibiotic Research UK has welcomed this latest report to come from Jim O’Neill's Review on Antimicrobial Resistance and has endorses its recommendations...
