Biotecnología
Biotecnología
Basilea Awarded CARB-X Grant to Develop Antibiotics
10/04/2024 -
Initial funding of up to $0.9 million will support initial preclinical activities on the antibiotics program recently acquired from Spexis.
Basilea’s Antibiotic ZEVTERA Approved for Three Indications
08/04/2024 -
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
Precisio Biotix and Mayo Clinic Partner on Antibacterials
15/03/2024 -
Aim to address some of the largest bacterial disease problems, particularly antibiotic resistance.
QUELIMMUNE
05/03/2024 -
Indication: The Selective Cytopheretic Device for Pediatrics (SCD-PED) is indicated for treatment of pediatric patients (weight ?10kg and age ?22 years) with acute kidney injury (AKI) due to sepsis...
Combating Antibiotic Resistance
09/11/2023 -
Misuse and overuse of antibiotics have contributed to antibiotic resistance, a phenomenon that reduces or eliminates the effectiveness of antibiotics
Merck Collaborates to Address Antimicrobial Resistance
09/10/2023 -
Invests $100 million the AMR Action Fund with the goal of bringing two to four new antibiotics to market by 2030.
GARDP, Bugworks Partner to Accelerate Novel Antibiotic
31/07/2023 -
New broad-spectrum antibiotic compound aims to treat serious infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria.
REBYOTA
21/12/2022 -
REBYOTA is indicated for the prevention of recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in individuals 18 years of age and older, following antibiotic treatment for recurrent CDI.
Paratek Achieves Milestone Creating U.S. Mfg. Supply Chain for NUZYRA
02/11/2022 -
NUZYRA tablets manufactured in the U.S. represents the first step to creating an end-to-end U.S. supply chain for the antibiotic under BARDA contract.
Researchers Manipulate Demographic of Bacterial Community with Novel Electronic Technology
10/05/2022 -
Using second-long electrical shocks, UC San Diego scientists were able to control the types of cells in a community of bacteria. Being able to direct the ratio of cells holds implications for...
New Tool Assesses Evolutionary Risks of Antibiotics
20/01/2022 -
Countering a rising antibiotic resistance crisis, doctors now prescribe combinations of antibiotics. Yet many risks are involved with such multi-drug combinations. Scientists have developed a way to...
Trained Viruses Prove More Effective at Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
08/06/2021 -
Research reveals that phage viruses that undergo special evolutionary training increase their capacity to subdue bacteria. The results provide hope for the antibiotic resistance crisis, a rising...
BioVersys Gets EIB Funds to Address Antimicrobial Resistance
15/04/2021 -
Financing supports development of BioVersys’ breakthrough hospital antibiotic therapy targeting Acinetobacter baumannii
Centrient Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Astral SteriTech
18/02/2021 -
Brings in-house manufacturing capabilities for high-quality sterile antibiotic powder injectable finished dosage forms with two FDA-approved production lines.
By changing their shape, some bacteria can grow more resilient to antibiotics
04/02/2021 -
Scientists describe how glutamate signals are transmitted across synapses to turn on the switch for synapatic plasticity, the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time in response to...
By changing their shape, some bacteria can grow more resilient to antibiotics
04/02/2021 -
New research demonstrates how certain types of bacteria can adapt to long-term exposure to antibiotics by changing their shape.
Message in a bottle: Info-rich bubbles respond to antibiotics
04/02/2021 -
Researchers describe the effects of antibiotics on membrane vesicles, demonstrating that such drugs actively modify the properties of vesicle transport. Under the influence of antibiotics, MVs were...
Antibiotic resistance may spread even more easily than expected
04/02/2021 -
Pathogenic bacteria in humans are developing resistance to antibiotics much faster than expected. Now, computational research shows that one reason could be significant genetic transfer between...
Unlocking 'the shape of water' in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
04/02/2021 -
Researchers captured and comparted hi-res images of ribosome structures from sensitive and resistant bacteria and report that a water molecule needed for antibiotic binding was not present in the...
Not as simple as thought: How bacteria form membrane vesicles
04/02/2021 -
Researchers have identified a novel mechanism by which bacteria form membrane vesicles, which bacteria employ to communicate with each other or to defend themselves against antibiotics. By studying...
Research establishes antibiotic potential for cannabis molecule
04/02/2021 -
The main nonpsychoactive component of cannabis has been shown to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and legionnaires disease, which could lead to the first new class of...
