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The number of drug-resistant infections is rapidly rising in Ukraine ... Last week, the BBC reported on a sharp rise in cases faced by clinicians in Ukraine. While globally, 1.4m people died from AMR ...

Professor Adam Roberts from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine said those factors alone would lead to a rise in both drug-resistant and susceptible infections. Prof Roberts, who is also a ...

Professor Adam Roberts from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine said those factors alone would lead to a rise in both drug-resistant and susceptible infections. Prof Roberts, who is also a ...

a multi-drug resistant plasmid. KorB is known to play a role in controlling gene expression, however, the process wasn’t clear. Then, fortunately, “a lucky ‘Friday afternoon’ experiment ...

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With the rise of antibiotic resistance, however, researchers are revisiting the potential of phages. Phages are like precision tools. Unlike antibiotics, which can kill both harmful and beneficial ...

This is mainly because of concerns around antibiotic resistance. Two decades ago, doctors could cure Mgen with the “highly effective and cheap” antibiotic azithromycin, Bradshaw said.