Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, in ...

Using a virus to kill a bacterium may seem like going backward in medicine and harkens back to the early 20 th century when Julius Wagner-Juarreg used malaria to cure neurosyphilis (a feat that won ...

NEW YORK — Two treatments that don't involve antibiotics have moved from the laboratory into clinical testing for control of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) pulmonary disease, according to separate ...

New treatment options for treating Mycobaterium abscessus infections are needed. Previous findings had identified the leucyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitor MRX-6038 to have significant activity against M.

Scientists have been able to track how a multi-drug resistant organism is able to evolve and spread widely among cystic fibrosis patients - showing that it can evolve rapidly within an individual ...

Three patients developed difficult-to-treat Mycobacterium abscessus infections after receiving embryonic stem cell injections in Mexico in 2022, researchers reported. Two men -- one from Colorado and ...

Scientists have created analogs of the antibiotic spectinomycin that are significantly more effective against these highly resistant bacteria. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are ...

An Australian study has linked rapidly growing mycobacterium infections to gastric banding surgery, but no clear source has been identified, according to an article published online September 10 in ...

There’s exciting news in the world of phage therapy and antimicrobial resistance! Jerry Nick, MD, of National Jewish Health, and Graham Hatfull, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, announced a patient’s ...

Even after completing treatment for tuberculosis (TB), some patients may remain vulnerable to further lung infections.

Singapore, 6 June 2023 - Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research ...