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In Depth 5 Apr 2023

Antimicrobial peptides: a promising class to tackle antimicrobial resistance

The discovery of penicillin in 1928 by Alexander Fleming was a momentous moment in the world of healthcare, eventually leading to the development of antibiotic drugs that allowed physicians to…

April 5, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

Best in Biotech 24 Mar 2023

Tuberculosis research: 5 positive advancements over the past year

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death from an infectious disease worldwide. It is estimated that 1.8 billion people are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that…

March 24, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

Podcast 4 Aug 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 57: Group B Strep

To recognize International Group B Strep Awareness Month in July, we had a conversation with MinervaX CEO, Per Fischer. MinervaX is a privately-held Danish biotechnology company developing a novel prophylactic vaccine against…

August 4, 2023 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 25 Jul 2023

Can the microbiome help the fight against infections?

Animals and humans coexist with a vast array of microorganisms known as the microbiome, forming a relationship that can range from mutually beneficial to pathogenic. To safeguard against harmful pathogens…

July 25, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Jul 2023

Novel bacterial communication system could help take on antimicrobial resistance

A new stress signaling system enables bacteria cells to adapt and protect themselves against the immune system and certain antibiotics. The discovery was made by researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance…

July 19, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 28 Jun 2023

Small particles will deliver TB drugs to the lungs in the future

Treatment of the dangerous infectious disease tuberculosis faces the challenge of pathogens frequently being resistant to several common antibiotics. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have developed…

June 28, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Jun 2023

Breakthrough treatment for skin infections?

A research team led by Kelvin Yeung from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has designed…

June 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

Finnish biotech startup Solu raises €1M to combat global antibiotic resistance

Solu, founded in 2022, is a Finnish biotechnology company focusing on combating antibiotic resistance by building the world's most extensive pathogen DNA library. Solu’s product makes understanding, detecting, and preventing…

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jun 2023

Bacterial resistance genes a ‘threat to human health’

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are much more widespread in our environment than was previously realized. A new study, from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of…

June 5, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Jun 2023

Swiss researchers develop new class of antibiotics to fight resistant bacteria

Health professionals are in urgent need of new antibiotics to tackle resistant bacteria. Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH), in Switzerland, and the company Spexis, have now modified the…

June 1, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 May 2023

smartbax raises €1.2M to create next-generation antibiotics

smartbax, a biotech company developing next-generation antibiotics against multi-drug resistant bacteria, today announced the close of its seed financing round of €1.2 million ($1.3 million) from Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund…

May 24, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 May 2023

AMR research gets £39m shot from UK government

Research initiatives to develop new treatments to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – known as the “silent killer” – will receive a cash injection of up to £39 million ($48.5 million)…

May 23, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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