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To Combat 'Superbugs,' Hospitals Boost Disinfection Techniques

2013-03-06 06:39:04| Biotech - Topix.net

With the rise in superbug occurrences at hospitals, Audie Cornish talks with Tara Palmore, deputy hospital epidemiologist and infectious disease physician at the National Institutes of Health, about how healthcare facilities are changing practices to help stem the spread of the drug-resistant bacteria.

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Health Officials Alarmed by Increasing Reports of Superbugs

2013-03-05 22:19:52| Biotech - Topix.net

The number of hospitals reporting infections with these superbugs is still small.

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Cave explorer hunts drugs to fight superbugs

2013-02-28 03:02:56| Biotech - Topix.net

In a remote cave 1,600 feet below New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Hazel Barton, a microbiologist working with Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc., has found a drug-resistant bacteria that may one day help extend the life of Cubist's best-selling antibiotic, Cubicin.

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A hydrogel that destroys superbugs and drug-resistant biofilms

2013-01-28 18:08:21| Biotech - Topix.net

The first-ever antimicrobial hydrogel that can break apart biofilms and destroy multidrug-resistant superbugs upon contact has been developed by researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and IBM Research.

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New Antimicrobial Hydrogel Developed To Fight Superbugs And Drug-Resistant Biofilms

2013-01-25 15:05:27| Biotech - Topix.net

Applications range from protective coating to sterilize hospital surfaces and medical equipment or as an injection to more effectively treat patients Researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have revealed an antimicrobial hydrogel that can break through diseased biofilms and completely eradicate drug-resistant ... (more)

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