AI-crafted viruses that eat bacteria: Scientists say the medical breakthrough has already begunScientists have leveraged Artificial Intelligence to design entirely new bacteriophages, viruses capable of attacking and killing bacteria....
29 Sep, 2025, 01.18 PM IST
Sustained rise in antimicrobial resistance in India: ICMR studyA study by ICMR revealed that Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii showed resistance to imipenem among ICU patients with blood...
06 Oct, 2024, 02.41 PM IST
Study flags antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections in IndiaA recent study in Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia warned that rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens global health goals b...
22 May, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
ICMR worried over rising resistance to last-resort antibiotics in IndiaICMR has found the abuse of antimicrobials (antibiotics, antivirals or antifungals) to be the reason for this, which is says has led to wid...
24 Sep, 2023, 10.06 AM IST
Sustained rise in antimicrobial resistance in India: ICMR studyThis is the fifth detailed report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) trends and patterns from the country published by the ICMR. This year's...
10 Sep, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
Global travellers more likely to pick up virulent strains of drug-resistant bacteriaUp to 80% of travellers returning from high-risk regions are colonised by MDR-GN bacteria.
25 Feb, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
IIT Roorkee researchers find antibiotic against multi-drug resistant bacteriaIn a new study published in the journal, ‘Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy’, IIT Roorkee researchers screened a library of 11,000 comp...
16 Jan, 2020, 02.51 PM IST
Spot UTI in minutes with help from your smartphone cameraThe simplicity of the test could deliver a new way to quickly identify treatments for patients.
10 Jan, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
- 'Drug-resistant organisms causing spike in infectious diseases'
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Multi Drug Resistant organisms that cause deadly infections are spreading resulting in community-acquired infectio...
17 Nov, 2017, 06.32 PM IST
- NASA to launch E. Coli into space to study antibiotic resistance
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) To study microgravity's effect on bacterial antibiotic resistance, scientists are set to send E. coli, a common b...
11 Nov, 2017, 04.07 PM IST
Multi-drug resistant bacteria proliferating through poultry waste31 Aug, 2017, 07.15 PM IST
'Superbugs' hinder kidney infection treatmentPyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney which starts as a urinary tract infection causes fever, back pain & vomiting.
05 Oct, 2016, 07.20 PM IST
A newly-discovered antibiotic-resistant gene opens new front in the war against superbugsFirst identified in China last November, the gene has since been discovered in livestock, water, meat and vegetables for human consumption ...
11 Apr, 2016, 09.21 AM IST
New method developed to reduce antibiotic resistanceA novel mathematical method inspired by the Darwinian evolution has been developed to reduce the development of antibiotic-resistant bacter...
12 Oct, 2015, 10.51 AM IST
‘Antibiotic addict’ India losing fight against lethal bacteriaThe report confirms the findings of a Princeton University study in 2014 which said Indians consume the highest number of antibiotics in th...
17 Sep, 2015, 11.36 AM IST
Silver can make antibiotics more effectiveSilver added to antibiotics could make them 10 to 1,000 times more effective and enable them to fight drug-resistant infections
20 Jun, 2013, 07.32 PM IST
- Canadian who's never been to India has superbug
NDM-1, the enzyme associated with extensive antibiotic resistance that was found in India last year, has jumped to new bacteria strains and...
01 Jun, 2011, 09.44 AM IST