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Hotter Days and Tiny Plastics: Unexpected Forces Accelerating the Superbug Crisis
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Hotter Days and Tiny Plastics: Unexpected Forces Accelerating the Superbug Crisis

WebProNews·John Marshall·3 days ago
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Rising temperatures drive a quarter of recent growth in resistant Salmonella genes, while microplastics create biofilms that speed horizontal transfer of resistance. New studies link these environmental factors to the accelerating superbug threat.…

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Hotter Days and Tiny Plastics: Unexpected Forces Accelerating the Superbug Crisis
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Hotter Days and Tiny Plastics: Unexpected Forces Accelerating the Superbug Crisis

WebProNews·John Marshall·3 days ago
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Rising temperatures drive a quarter of recent growth in resistant Salmonella genes, while microplastics create biofilms that speed horizontal transfer of resistance. New studies link these environmental factors to the accelerating superbug threat.…

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Street sellers and private physicians fuel antibiotic overuse
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Street sellers and private physicians fuel antibiotic overuse

www.nature.com·Deighton, Ben·19 days ago
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Limited access to medical professionals and irresponsible prescribing practices are contributing to antimicrobial resistance in low-resource settings.…

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The fightback against antimicrobial resistance starts at home
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The fightback against antimicrobial resistance starts at home

www.nature.com·Hodson, Richard·19 days ago
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Microbiologist Alexander Fleming’s 80-year-old advice is still key to protecting the efficacy of antibiotics. Microbiologist Alexander Fleming’s 80-year-old advice is still key to protecting the efficacy of antibiotics.

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Economic reform can save antibiotic innovation
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Economic reform can save antibiotic innovation

www.nature.com·Morgan, Gareth·19 days ago
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Governments must create meaningful incentives for biopharmaceutical companies to develop antimicrobial products. Governments must create meaningful incentives for biopharmaceutical companies to develop antimicrobial products.

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Antifungal resistance is growing – will new treatments turn the tables?
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Antifungal resistance is growing – will new treatments turn the tables?

www.nature.com·Fleming, Nic·19 days ago
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Trials of drugs to fight deadly resistant infections are advancing, but they might fall victim to overuse of agricultural fungicides just like their predecessors.…

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Are non-antibiotic drugs contributing to antimicrobial resistance?
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Are non-antibiotic drugs contributing to antimicrobial resistance?

www.nature.com·Drew, Liam·19 days ago
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Plans to address drug resistance typically focus on the use of antibiotics, but there are signs that compounds with incidental antibacterial effects might be part of the problem, too.…

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria turn up in six lakes, with urban waters hit hardest
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria turn up in six lakes, with urban waters hit hardest

A team of scientists from Berlin analyzed water and sediment samples from six water bodies in Berlin and the adjacent federal states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as well as the inflow and outflow of a wastewater treatment plant in…

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Novel wheat hybrids increase resistance to major fungal disease by up to 70%
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Novel wheat hybrids increase resistance to major fungal disease by up to 70%

A new experimental study has identified a novel genetic locus in a common agricultural weed, Elymus repens, that provides significant resistance to the destructive fungal disease Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) and has now been successfully transferred into…

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