The Problems with Antibiotics: Antibiotic Resistance
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Mark S.Posted
Thu 10 Nov 2011 12:20pm
Allow me to preface this post series with a wholehearted acknowledgment of the beneficial role antibiotics have played, and continue to play, in fighting infections that might otherwise take limbs or lives. Before formal antibiotics, ancient and traditional cultures employed antibacterial herbs, tinctures, and even moldy bread , but regardless
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Scientists Reengineer an Antibiotic to Overcome Dangerous Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
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Ed H.Posted
Mon 05 Sep 2011 8:51am
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria... and chart a path forward for the development of next generation antibiotics for the treatment of the most serious resistant bacterial infections,” said Dale L. Boger, who is Richard
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Is Tyson's Antibiotic-Free Chicken Really Antibiotic-Free?
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Marie L.Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:04pm
Tyson Foods to withdraw advertisements claiming its chickens are “raised without antibiotics that impact antibiotic resistance in humans.”
Two competitors said the ads were untrue because Tyson injects it eggs with antibiotics and used antibiotic molecules in its feed.
Tyson maintained that its claim was truthful, and intends to appeal
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Researchers Find New Chemical Key That Could Unlock Hundreds Of New Antibiotics
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Ed H.Posted
Sun 02 Nov 2008 2:52pm
for antibioticproduction in the genome of the Streptomyces family. For many years it was thought that the relatively unstable butyrolactone compounds represented by “A-factor” were the only real signal for stimulating such pathways of possible antibioticproduction but the Warwick and John Innes teams have now found a much more stable group of compounds
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Antibiotics cause deafness
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Funny Old LifePosted
Tue 10 Feb 2009 11:04am
The Independent reports on antibiotics being a cause of deafness in premature babies and children. Check it out on this link.
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Antibiotics and Obesity
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Matt M.Posted
Wed 24 Mar 2010 4:03pm
I have been writing a lot about probiotics and health lately, but there is another side to the issue. Antibiotics are coming under increased scutiny as far as their impact on weight.
This study discusses how the rise of antibiotics correlates with the increase in obesity. This study ( full-text ) studies specific antibiotics and finds
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