MIT Researchers Make Progress on Antibiotic Resistance Under DTRA-JSTO Research Program
Researchers are making significant progress in antibiotic resistance under the Discovery of Medical Countermeasures Against New and Emerging threats (DOMANE) ...
Tag: Antimicrobials
Understanding How the Microbiome Affects Radiation Injury for Countermeasure Development
Initiative funds research to explore how the microbiome affects severity of radiation injury and how the microbiome itself is impacted ...
Is it a Bacterial or Viral Infection? Novel MeMed Rapid Test Receives FDA Clearance
Novel host response protein signature technology can rapidly distinguish between bacterial and viral infections to speed treatment decisions and combat ...
New Tool in the AMR Fight: Synthetic RNA That Hugs Bad Bacterial RNA and Won’t Let Go
The Big Idea A new technique my colleagues and I developed that can kill deadly, multidrug-resistant bacteria in real time ...
2021 BAA for Development of Medical Countermeasures for Biological Threats
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is soliciting research ...
Examining the Long-term Health and Economic Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance in the United States
The National Academies will convene a meeting Examining the Long-term Health and Economic Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance in the United ...
BARDA Vaccines Against AMR Threats Virtual Workshop
Join the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) at the Vaccines against AMR Threats virtual workshop on March 12, 2021 ...
New Vaccine Development Platform Could Fight Deadly, Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria
A new vaccine development platform has proven effective in protecting against deadly, hard-to-treat infections caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria, thanks ...
Defense Threat Reduction Agency Awards $75M for Antibiotic Drug Development
In the medical and military fields, antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be formidable foes. Now, University of Florida Health researchers and their ...
Scientists Engineer Bacteria-Killing Molecules from Wasp Venom
Novel antibiotics are urgently needed to treat the ever-increasing number of drug-resistant infections. Venoms constitute a treasure trove of novel ...
Basilea Awarded Additional Funding from U.S. Medical Countermeasure Program for Ceftobiprole Development
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is providing additional support to Basilea Pharmaceutica to continue and complete Phase ...
Genome of Alexander Fleming’s Original Penicillin-Producing Mould Sequenced
Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming's penicillin mould for the first time and compared it to later versions. ...
NIAID to Hold Closed Meeting on Biodefense Medical Countermeasure Funding
A Special Emphasis Panel of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of ...
Titanium–Gadolinium Quantum Dot Staining Agent Specific to Bacterial Cells
To overcome the antibiotic resistance and absolute necessity of finding an alternative to existing antibiotics with negligible toxicity, proper biocompatibility, ...
Trial Shows Two Drugs Not Better Than One When Treating MRSA
Researchers attempting to improve the treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infections have discovered the combination of two antibiotics ...
51 FDA Approved Medical Countermeasures Backed by BARDA
Many health security threats involve bacteria or chemicals for which clinical trials cannot be performed in humans. To overcome this ...
Carb-X Funds Techulon’s Rapidly Adaptable Nano Therapeutic in Fight Against Drug Resistant Bacteria
CARB-X is awarding Techulon Inc., located in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, VA, USA, up to $785,000 ...
A ‘Shocking’ New Way To Treat Infections
Titanium has many properties that make it a great choice for use in implants. Its low density, high stiffness, high ...
In Fight Against Superbugs, BARDA Looks to Shore Up National Stockpile Countermeasures
A crisis has arisen from the simultaneous decrease in the number of pharmaceutical companies developing antibiotics and the dramatic increase ...
Mass Drug Administration and Antimicrobial Resistance
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Antimicrobial Resistance Center, together with the MARCH and Malaria Centres will jointly host ...
