What is a superbug?
Bacteria immune to the effects of antibiotics are rising.
What is a superbug? In simple terms, a superbug is a microorganism that’s resistant to commonly used antibiotics – bu...
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New technique gives new weapon to antibiotics in the fight against superbugs
Researchers discover a way to increase effectiveness of antibiotics against bacteria, including g...
Superbugs have long been fighting back against their slayers – antibiotics – but new research has uncovered a way for...
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Bacteriophages to cure bacterial infection
Fighting antibiotic resistance needs some new strategies.
The world is in the midst of a global “superbug” crisis. Antibiotic resistance has been found in numerous common bact...
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Whooping cough is evolving into a superbug
Future-proofing our vaccines against evolving strains.
Australia needs a new whooping cough vaccine to ensure our most vulnerable are protected from the emergence of superb...
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Superbugs could lead to next-gen plastics
What makes them hard to kill may also make them useful.
Antiseptic-resistant bacteria may hold the key to producing greener plastics such as petroleum-free nylon, researcher...
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Next gen of weapons against antibiotic-resistant superbugs
A look at the next generation of ‘evolution-proof’ weapons being developed.
At his North Adelaide practice, Peter-John Wormald has the unenviable job of unblocking the noses of people with chro...
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Superbugs evolve in waste water
Antimicrobial resistance threatens modern medicine.
We are heading into a post-antibiotic era, where common infections could once again be deadly. A phenomenon known as ...
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Fighting superbugs with supercomputers
Helping scientists design more effective anti-microbials.
We’re losing the arms race against superbugs. Now with the aid of a supercomputer, Alan Grossfield at the University ...