Sticking your arm into a bear’s mouth may not be an NHS approved treatment for an infection, but a recent study from the Russian Academy of Sciences suggests otherwise. New technology has been successful in its search for antibiotics in brown bear saliva. So perhaps the risk of a bear chowing down on your arm […]
“Antibiotics were the only thing we ever had in all of human history that really stopped infectious diseases, and we just took this miraculous thing and just completely squandered it. It just astonishes me that we don’t ask ourselves how is it that we squandered this, and why can’t we stop.” Maryn McKenna. Brought to […]
While the news in 2016 was filled with obituaries of beloved world icons, looking back, there may have been one passing of particular importance: that of an elderly woman in Washoe County, US. Why, you may ask? The answer is short, but the implications are potentially massive: the woman was the first known carrier of […]
Scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the National Physics Laboratory have discovered a potential new way of killing harmful bacteria: by peeling them. Their innovative method can kill bacteria within minutes, making it an exciting discovery in the race to find new antibiotics. However, the underlying principle is not anything new. The body […]
The UN Assembly convened last week to discuss how to tackle the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. Underscoring the importance of the problem Peter Thompson, President of the General Assembly, stated that: “The future of humanity may depend on our ability to respond to the great challenges of microbial resistance”. The discovery of antibiotics has […]