AI-biotech sovereignty will define India’s futureIndia must lead in biotech sovereignty powered by AI. This convergence will shape healthcare, food, and biosecurity. Nations controlling bi...
20 Feb, 2026, 12.22 AM IST
5,000-year-old bacteria revived from ice can fight superbugs, but scientists see a downsideScientists have isolated a Psychrobacter SC65A.3, a bacterial strain frozen for almost 5,000 years in Romania’s Scărișoara Ice Cave. The mi...
17 Feb, 2026, 06.59 PM IST
Scientists have found a powerful hidden antibiotic, and they are stunned by its discoveryScientists have discovered a potent new antibiotic, pre-methylenomycin C lactone, within a well-studied bacterium, Streptomyces coelicolor....
31 Oct, 2025, 03.02 PM IST
ZSI, IIT-Madras unveil India's first metagenomic profile of municipal drinking waterScientists have mapped India's drinking water for microbes. This study reveals diverse bacteria and genes that cause antibiotic resistance....
28 Oct, 2025, 05.56 PM IST
'Nightmare bacteria' cases are increasing in the USA recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed a significant increase in drug-resistant bacteria infections. ...
24 Sep, 2025, 06.21 AM IST
AMR action: Kerala to cancel licences of pharmacies selling antibiotics without prescriptionThe WHO has said the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens that have acquired new resistance mechanisms continues to threaten ou...
22 Dec, 2022, 02.01 PM IST
A new virus on the horizon: How melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs & why it is worryingThis is not the first time that a viable virus has been detected in permafrost samples.
07 Dec, 2022, 07.20 PM IST
Watch out, newly-vaccinated travellers. Drug-resistant superbugs may be hiding in your gutThe study says international travel risks spreading antimicrobial resistance globally.
09 Jun, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
Fighting Covid-19 pandemic: New blood-based biomarker to distinguish between bacterial and viral infectionsThese biomarkers are different messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules found in the blood; differences in their levels can detect and predict with h...
17 May, 2021, 11.55 AM IST
India-UK tie up for new 8 million pounds medicinal researchIndia and the UK will be enhancing their science and research collaboration with five new projects worth 8 million pounds to tackle anti-mi...
28 Jul, 2020, 01.58 PM IST
- How countries can curb antibiotic resistance
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The proliferation of disease-causing antibiotic resistant organisms is correlated with many social and environmenta...
09 Sep, 2018, 11.07 AM IST
Biotech startups choosy on deals with big pharma: Bayer executiveRegulatory and clinical development expertise and the might to take products through the commercialization stages offer a natural edge to b...
24 Dec, 2017, 11.20 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
Copper can destroy MRSA and MSSA 'superbugs': StudyCopper can destroy MRSA and MSSA 'superbugs' spread by touching and fingertip contamination of surfaces, a new study has claimed.
24 Feb, 2016, 03.28 PM IST
Humans carry more superbugs than farm animals, says new studyHumans carry more antibiotic-resistant bacteria than the farm animals they handle, a new study on dairy farmers has found.
25 Aug, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
Drug-resistant typhoid threatens global healthAn antibiotic-resistant strain of typhoid bacterium is spreading globally and posing a public health threat, especially in developing count...
12 May, 2015, 07.27 PM IST
- Superbug: British researchers challenge India's stand
The researchers have challenged the stand of Indian health authorities who have been maintaining that drug-resistant pathogens such as the ...
10 Feb, 2012, 10.47 PM IST