LSU veterinarians deliver cloned calves by caesarian section
...their breathing. Mouill and Soleil also received antibiotics to prevent infection in their lungs, and colostrum and plasma for antibody protection. "Apparently the surrogate cows do not recognize that it is time to deliver the calves, and they do not have much, if any, colostrum or milk, making the plasma nece...New images reveal the workings of cellular protein factories
...chievement has practical significance because many antibiotics work by binding to and disrupting bacterial ribosomes. Understanding the ribosome's structure may lead to the development new and more effective antibiotics. The images were obtained using a technique called x-ray crystallography. The improved resolu...Ketek (Telithromycin) highly active in vitro against Streptococcus pneumoniae
...istant to penicillin, macrolide or fluoroquinolone antibiotics according to a study presented today. In vitro data from the international PROTEKT (Prospective Resistant Organism Tracking and Epidemiology for the Ketolide Telithromycin) study presented today at the 11th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology......tek (telithromycin) - the first in a new family of antibiotics called ketolides to be developed for clinical use. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Ketek in patients with strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae that had reduced susceptibility to penicillin and/or erythromycin. Ketek is curren...New study could lead to better treatment of septic shock
...ids to patients to maintain blood pressure and use antibiotics to fight the infection. But antibiotics can backfire, Klabunde noted. As the bacteria that cause septic shock die, they may release a toxin ...Sea grant researchers developing new stress test for fish
...nt researchers have identified naturally occurring antibiotics in channel catfish that may be a promising indicat...t many diseases. We also have found these types of antibiotics in rainbow trout and hybrid striped bass." "This suggests that monitoring HLP levels in the skin -...Antibiotic-resistant genes traced from farms to groundwater
...mile downstream from two swine facilities that use antibiotics as growth promoters. The finding is significant i...ore than 50 years have used tetracycline and other antibiotics to enhance the growth of livestock. In humans, an overuse of antibiotics is blamed for a growing re......hysicians free and up-to-the-minute information on antibiotics and their proper use. The ABX Guide offers information on more than 190 drugs and more than 140 diseases treated by both specialists and primary care physicians. The same rigorously reviewed database and clinical support system, found on the Web ...Ribosome insight could help combat antibiotic resistance
... play a significant role in understanding how many antibiotics work. The ribosome is the large molecular machin...k has also shown previously unknown details of how antibiotics actually work and how an antibiotic could induce a ribosome to make a "mistake" and allow the wrong ......aceutical companies to develop Streoptomyces-based antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs. Results of the study were p...time-consuming. Worse, resistance to commonly used antibiotics is growing more pronounced every year. New strains of infections are routinely killing patients who ...Treating acne with antibiotics leads to resistance
The use of antibiotics to treat severe acne can lead to the development o...eat moderate and severe forms of acne. The use of antibiotics has been connected to the development of antibiotic resistance in other bacteria, and the researcher...Chronic Lyme disease symptoms not helped by intensive antibiotic treatment
...d, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials testing antibiotics in patients with a stubborn form of Lyme disease-...ever, that a 90-day course of intravenous and oral antibiotics was no better than placebo at improving these chronic symptoms. Because of their potential import...Scientists sequence genome of major periodontal disease bacterium
...e scientists' ability to find new gene targets for antibiotics that work on gram-negative anaerobes. These bacteria are naturally resistant to some antibiotics, and are acquiring resistance to many others....Biotechnology promises major advances for U.S. Army
...tions. It's a technology used to produce drugs and antibiotics like penicillin, and to make new materials and devices. Biotechnology also sometimes involves altering the workings of cells or components inside cells, including their genetic material. Ladisch said the committee, made up of experts from industry, a...Virus found to carry antibiotic against E. coli
..., a lead investigator on the project. New types of antibiotics are increasingly important because many disease-causing bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics, reducing the number of medicines available for treatment. Researchers fear that continued resistance could result in epidemics of diseases once tho...Biotechnology to protect soldiers of the future, report says
...kind of capsule could dispense antibiotics to injured soldiers, as well, if needed. The report committee outlined several recommendations for how the Army should proceed in developing biotechnology. Among its con...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: July 2001
...er the country of Denmark began banning the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in food animals, resistance rates of bacteria to these antibiotics have fallen significantly, suggesting that it is possible to reduce resistance by curbing antibiotic...Pneumococcus genome sequence completed
...terium that has grown resistant in recent years to antibiotics such as penicillin. The accomplishment was reported in the July 20 issue of Science. Donald Morrison, UIC professor of biological sciences and a specialist in the study of pneumococcus, is a co-author who acted as an expert consultant in the sequenci...Ketek (telithromycin), the first in a new class of antibiotics called ketolides, has been granted marketing autho...a streptococci, as an alternative when beta lactam antibiotics are not appropriate, in patients 12 years and older. In Phase III studies, the most commonly reporte...