LONDON—Drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading even faster than medical experts had feared, the World Health Organization warned in report issued Tuesday. The rate of TB patients infected with the drug-resistant strain topped 20 percent in some countries, the highest ever recorded, the U.N. agency said. "Ten years ago, it would have been unthinkable to see rates like this," said Dr. Mario Raviglione, director of WHO's "Stop TB" department. "This demonstrates what happens when you keep making mistakes in TB treatment." Though the report is the largest survey of drug-resistant TB, based...
Pandemic Flu, Like H1N1, Shows Signs Of Tamiflu Resistance
redOrbit
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 1 March 2010, 14:55 CST If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that most strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus will...
Adamas Pharmaceuticals Announces In Vitro Data Demonstrating TCAD Therapy is More Potent Than Double Combinations or Monotherapy Against Drug-Resistant Flu Strains
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, reported today on the publication of results from a preclinical study that demonstrated the synergistic effects of...
Nanotechnology approach may fight problems linked to chemo
Newstrack India
Newstrack India
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): Scientists have developed a nanotechnology approach that potentially could eliminate the problems of side effects and drug resistance in the treatment of cancer. Under...
Drug class brings new hope to fight against "superbugs"
The Examiner
The Examiner
Scanning electrom micrograph (SEM) of a number of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Photo: CDC/Janice Haney Carr, undated...
A Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by Antibiotics
The New York Times
The New York Times
A minor-league pitcher in his younger days, Richard Armbruster kept playing baseball recreationally into his 70s, until his right hip started bothering him. Last February he went to a St. Louis hospital for what was to...
Polyphor Discovers a New Class of Antibiotics with a Novel Mode of Action
Stockhouse
Stockhouse
New weapon in the fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria published in "Science" ALLSCHWIL, Switzerland, Feb 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, Polyphor Ltd published the discovery of a new class of...
New class of antibiotics could treat drug-resistant infections
The Times
The Times
Scientists have developed a new class of antibiotics that could help to overcome the growing problem of drug-resistant infections in hospitals. The compound, POL7080, could enter clinical trials in the UK this year. A...
Cempra Announces the Completion of Phase 1 Studies for CEM-101, a Next-Generation Macrolide
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
-- Phase 2 Trial with Oral Capsules in Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia Expected to Begin Enrollment During Second Quarter --Phase 1 IND for Intravenous (IV) Formulation to be Submitted Mid-2010...
Countering malaria drug resistance
The Hindu
The Hindu
Scientists battling malaria have earned a major victory. According to a Nature Genetics study, an international group of researchers has used genomics to decode the blueprint of Plasmodium falciparum - a strain of...
Swine flu may become resistant to Tamiflu
Zeenews
Zeenews
Washington: If the behaviour of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say chances are high that most strains of the pandemic swine flu virus will become resistant to Tamiflu, the...
Pandemic flu virus may become resistant to Tamiflu
DNA India
DNA India
WASHINGTON: A new study, conducted by researchers at the Ohio State University, analysing the behaviour of seasonal H1N1 suggests that pandemic flu may become resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug used against it. OSU...
Nanotechnology Tackles Major Problems Associated With Chemotherapy
redOrbit
redOrbit
Posted on: Friday, 26 February 2010, 07:00 CST Additional research focuses on practical application of nanotechnology across a wide range of fields including homeland defense and the environment Huixin He, associate...
Drug-resistant malaria 'growing' in Cambodia
BBC News
BBC News
Parasites are developing resistance to one of the most important anti-malaria drugs, according to experts. Artimisinin has been highly effective,...



