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19 June 2021

Qpex Biopharma Initiates Phase 1 Study of QPX9003 Targeting Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens

18 June 2021

New Web Tool Fights Antibacterial Resistance

17 June 2021

A species-wide genetic atlas of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile

17 June 2021

Predicting Antimicrobial Resistance Using Partial Genome Alignments

17 June 2021

Renewed Introduction of the PASTEUR Act Returns AMR to National Agenda

16 June 2021

Interdisciplinary GW4 AMR Alliance is to become the UK’s leading ‘One Health’ AMR research consortium, recognised globally

16 June 2021

Hope amid challenging times for antibiotic developers

15 June 2021

Biotechs are saving the world from superbugs. Can they also save themselves?

14 June 2021

Experimental vaccine forces bacteria down an evolutionary dead end

9 June 2021

EPSRC funding announced to tackle resistance to antibiotics

9 June 2021

Urgent Action Needed to Spur Antibiotic Innovation

9 June 2021

GARDP Receives Funding From the Government of Japan as Part of Its Ongoing Contribution To Fight Against Drug-Resistant Infections

9 June 2021

CARB-X IS FUNDING ACCELERATE DIAGNOSTICS TO DEVELOP A RAPID OPTICAL IMAGING DIAGNOSTIC FOR SEPSIS AND SERIOUS ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

8 June 2021

Trained viruses prove more effective at fighting antibiotic resistance

8 June 2021

Novel tool to visualize antibiotic resistance

5 June 2021

The plot thickens: data visualization in antimicrobial resistance research

5 June 2021

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics Initiates Phase 1/2 Trial of PhageBank™ in Urinary Tract Infections

3 June 2021

SCYNEXIS Announces FDA Approval of BREXAFEMME® (ibrexafungerp tablets) as the First and Only Oral Non-Azole Treatment for Vaginal Yeast Infections

2 June 2021

Nanotherapeutics Hub joins iiCON to help strengthen UK’s infectious disease products pipeline

2 June 2021

CARB-X IS FUNDING SWISS PHARMA COMPANY BIOVERSYS TO DEVELOP A NEW CLASS OF ANTIBIOTICS TO TREAT INFECTIONS CAUSED BY MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ESKAPE PATHOGENS

28 May 2021

Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Has a Glowing New Weapon

28 May 2021

Drug-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteria Detection with the Combination of Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Deep Learning Techniques

27 May 2021

Liverpool platform will support nanomedicine developers

27 May 2021

Mathematical model predicts effect of bacterial mutations on antibiotic success

27 May 2021

CARB-X IS FUNDING SNIPR BIOME TO DEVELOP A CRISPR-ENGINEERED DRUG TO ERADICATE ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI) BACTERIA IN CANCER PATIENTS TO PREVENT DEADLY INFECTIONS

25 May 2021

WHO and Switzerland launch global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis

25 May 2021

Improving outcomes and antibiotic stewardship (IOAS) for patients with Gram-positive bloodstream infections through use of rapid testing: a quasi-experimental multicentre study of the Accelerate PhenoTest™ BC Kit

25 May 2021

Innovation from Halton and LED Tailor – a disinfection blue light system that kills microbes in operating rooms and brings hope to the antibiotic resistance fight in the hospitals

25 May 2021

U.K. Pitches Radical Investment Plans to Fight Killer Bacteria

22 May 2021

TGAR Foundation and AMR Insights to join forces

21 May 2021

Three-Dimensional Micropatterning Deters Early Bacterial Adherence and Can Eliminate Colonization

21 May 2021

Study identifies colistin resistance drug target

20 May 2021

CARB-X IS FUNDING BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA TO DEVELOP A NEW CLASS OF ANTIBIOTICS TO TREAT DRUG-RESISTANT GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA

20 May 2021

Deciphering Potential Roles of Earthworms in Mitigation of Antibiotic Resistance in the Soils from Diverse Ecosystems

19 May 2021

Analyzing Empirical Quality Metrics of Deep Learning Models for Antimicrobial Resistance

19 May 2021

CARB-X IS FUNDING SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS TO DEVELOP A NEW ANTIBIOTIC TO TREAT MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT INFECTIONS CAUSED BY CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE (CRE)

19 May 2021

A portable magnetofluidic platform for detecting sexually transmitted infections and antimicrobial susceptibility

15 May 2021

A portable magnetofluidic platform for detecting sexually transmitted infections and antimicrobial susceptibility

13 May 2021

Polypharmakos and CABI to develop new antimicrobial products from CABI Culture Collection

12 May 2021

CARB-X IS FUNDING AUSTRALIAN-BIOTECH SPEEDX TO DEVELOP A RAPID POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTIC FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE

11 May 2021

Successful Use of Telemedicine Infectious Diseases Consultation with an Antimicrobial Stewardship-Led Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Care Bundle

7 May 2021

More than 60 U.S. lawmakers urge House appropriators for more funds to address antimicrobial resistance

7 May 2021

Discovery may help boost peptide design

6 May 2021

The hidden pandemic: Innovate UK welcomes the global AMR community

6 May 2021

Rapid evolution and host immunity drive the rise and fall of carbapenem resistance during an acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

6 May 2021

Discovery That Antibiotic “Pops” Bacteria Could Lead to Improved Treatments for Superbugs

6 May 2021

Robotic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Platform (RASP): a next-generation approach to One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

5 May 2021

IIT Madras and U.K. Researchers Develop Paper-based Sensor to detect Antimicrobial Resistance triggering Pollutants

5 May 2021

BGU researchers develop antibiotic tweezers to battle resistant bacteria

5 May 2021

‘Last resort’ antibiotic pops bacteria like balloons



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