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August 25, 2024

Viruses can work where antibiotics don’t – new research tells us more about how they fight bacteria

Nils Birkholz, University of Otago

Viruses known as ‘phages’ might become an essential tool, as antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten conventional remedies.

There already exist some promising new antibiotic therapies, and more are in the pipeline. However, our economic model prevents researchers from moving them out onto the market. (Shutterstock)

November 11, 2018

Humanity under threat from antibiotic-resistant infections

Gerry Wright, McMaster University

The end of effective antibiotics will be frightening. Life expectancy will fall dramatically and people of all ages will die from illnesses that we are used to treating with $10 worth of pills.

Research shows potential for delivering our drugs in ways that would make it harder for antibiotic resistance to evolve and spread. Here we see a close up view of a biofilm of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (Shutterstock)

April 22, 2018

‘Drug sanctuaries’ offer hope for a post-antibiotic world

Rees Kassen, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

As a post-antibiotic future beckons, how can humanity protect itself against the proliferation of superbugs? Research suggests ‘drug sanctuaries’ in hospitals could be a promising solution.

Drug-resistant strains of gonorrhoea, once easily dispatched with penicillin, are spreading across the globe resulting in chronic pain and sterility. (Shutterstock)

July 18, 2017

Canada could lead the fight for life in a post-antibiotic world

Gerry Wright, McMaster University and Bob Hancock, University of British Columbia

Without leading edge innovations and coordination, Canadians will die from the epidemic of antibiotic resistant infections.

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