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Brazil plans reciprocal actions following EU’s suspension of Brazilian imports

Brazil’s government and exporters of meat, poultry, eggs, honey, and other an…
#Europe #EU #ABIEC #Agriculture #animalproducts #antibiotics #antimicrobialdrugs #Brazil #Brazilianimports #Competition #EUMercosuragreement #EU'ssuspension #Europeanagribusiness #EuropeanCourtofJustice #EuropeanUnion #frustration #healthinspection #Livestock #LuizInácioLula #RobsonGoncalves #Trade
https://www.europesays.com/europe/130561/

⚛️ Would today’s antibiotics still work if bacterial biology were flipped at the molecular level?

🔗 Molecular Dynamics Simulations Demonstrate Reduced Antibiotic Affinity to Mirror Bacterial Targets. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0198

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#MolecularDynamics #Antibiotics #Biosecurity #ComputationalBiology #SyntheticBiology #DrugDiscovery #AntimicrobialResearch #ComputationalChemistry

⚛️ Would today’s antibiotics still work if bacterial biology were flipped at the molecular level?

🔗 Molecular Dynamics Simulations Demonstrate Reduced Antibiotic Affinity to Mirror Bacterial Targets. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0198

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#MolecularDynamics #Antibiotics #Biosecurity #ComputationalBiology #SyntheticBiology #DrugDiscovery #AntimicrobialResearch #ComputationalChemistry

EU officials confirm a ban on Brazilian meat and dairy amid health concerns.

The EU’s ban on imports of Brazilian meat and other animal products from Thursday could be short-lived if audits later this week confirm compliance with EU standards — but European officials cautioned against expecting an “early result”.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260901-eu-officials-confirm-a-ban-on-brazilian-meat-and-dairy-amid-health-concerns?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#EU #Food #Meat #Dairy #FoodStandards #Antibiotics #Livestock #Mercosur

Sulfanilamides were among the first:
A. Antifungal drugs
B. Antibiotics used in humans
C. Antidepressants
D. Anesthetics
#sulfanilamides #pharmacology #antibiotics #biochemistry ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1421598276737723

Sulfanilamides were among the first:
A. Antifungal drugs
B. Antibiotics used in humans
C. Antidepressants
D. Anesthetics
#sulfanilamides #pharmacology #antibiotics #biochemistry ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1421598276737723

Sulfanilamides were among the first:
A. Antifungal drugs
B. Antibiotics used in humans
C. Antidepressants
D. Anesthetics
#sulfanilamides #pharmacology #antibiotics #biochemistry ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1421598276737723

💊 If antibiotic courses tend to be longer (and thus risker) than necessary, whose responsibility is it to shorten them?

🏥 I argue it's not just doctors that have duties to minimize and shorten antibiotic courses. Why? Because antibiotic prescriptions are influenced by events that occur both before and after a doctor decides whether to order #antibiotics.

📄 Now in The American Journal of #Bioethics: https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2709547

🎙️ Free audio and text…

https://byrdnick.com/archives/31046/upon-reflection-ep-17-two-sides-of-shorter-is-better-antibiotic-stewardship

Chemical properties of colistin: amphiphilicity #colistin #antibiotics #amphiphilicity #chemistry ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGI-6_bnMyI

‘Routine’ medical treatments are not risk free. Patients should ask questions before consenting | Ranjana Srivastava
By Ranjana Srivastava

The distinction has become blurred between something being medically available and actually being medically useful

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/25/routine-medical-treatments-not-risk-free-healthcare-questions

#Health #Antibiotics #TheGuardian #RanjanaSrivastava

Ampicilin belongs to which class of antibiotics?
A. Macrolides
B. Fluoroquinolones
C. Penicillins
D. Tetracyclines
#ampicillin #antibiotics #pharmacology #chemistry ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1413594104204807

#Antibiotic "megacluster" discovery provides new strategy to fight #superbugs
Most #antibiotics are single bioactive molecules, and some can be thwarted with single mutations. Current situation is dire, discovery not only points to potentially new antibiotic regimen, but also entirely new strategy to once again get ahead in the microbial arms race. Block of #genes that codes for four molecules that appear to work in concert to derail a single essential metabolic pathway.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/antibiotic-megacluster-discovery-provides-new-strategy-to-fight-superbugs/

Longitudinal Changes in Clonal Distribution and Fluoroquinolone Resistance of Ocular MRSA.

#Taiwan #ocular #MRSA shifted from CC59 to drug-resistant CC8, reducing fluoroquinolone efficacy and urging surveillance.

#OpenAccess #Microbiology #eye #antibiotics

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/08/ocular-mrsa-in-taiwan-rising-cc8.html

We over-use antibiotics & this is driving bacterial resistance;

Ara Darzi points out:

'Much of our antibiotic use is blind: we prescribe without knowing whether an infection is bacterial because the rapid molecular tests that could tell us are expensive.

[So] Reform how we pay for diagnostics & reimburse the test for an infection as readily as the prescription itself, and we would cut wasteful use, slow resistance & reduce demand'

A sensible reform....

#antibiotics #health #NHS
h/t FT

On this day in 1881: Alexander Fleming born, won 1945 #NobelPrize for discovering penicillin #ThisDayInBiotech #Antibiotics

What is colistin? #pharmacology #colistin #antibiotics #chemistry ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK6eqxlUY5A

What is colistin? #pharmacology #colistin #antibiotics #chemistry ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j9nPOAqdRA

One in ten medicines worldwide could be fake or substandard – here’s how to protect yourself
#Health #Medicine #FakeMedicines #CounterfeitDrugs #MHRA #MedicationSafety #PatientSafety #OnlinePharmacy #Mounjaro #Antibiotics #DrugSafety #ConsumerProtection
https://the-14.com/one-in-ten-medicines-worldwide-could-be-fake-or-substandard-heres-how-to-protect-yourself/

#OnThisDay The 2011 #Norway attacks, referred to in Norway as 22/7, took place in which 77 people were killed.

Birth Anniversary of #Microbiologist Selman Waksman (1888) whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of #Streptomycin and several other #Antibiotics.

Birth Anniversary of Legendary #Singer Mukesh (1923), #Bengali #Writer Peary Chand Mitra (1814).

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increasingly leaving children vulnerable to common infections, global study finds
By Melissa Davey Medical editor

Exclusive: Research spanning 82 countries finds antibiotic resistance increased in every region between 2004 and 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-increasingly-leaving-children-vulnerable-to-common-infections-global-study-finds

#Health #Antibiotics #Drugs #Australianews #Science #Medicalresearch #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor

🦠 Bacteria can 🤜 defend themselves against antibiotics with the help of an enzyme released by dying cells. That is the conclusion reached by a research group made up of researchers from the Institute for Biological Physics at the University of Cologne and Wageningen University & Research.

🔬 This discovery helps scientists understand the survival mechanisms of bacteria and to improve the effectiveness of 💊 antibiotics.

➡️ https://uni.koeln/TYQCM

#UniCologne #bacteria #enzyme #antibiotics

Earliest #Evidence of #Ivory #Tool Production Uncovered in #Ukrainian Site : Medium

#Neutrino’s #Nursery found: the ‘#Shadow #Blaster’ : Nature

#Bacteria share #Proteins to survive #Antibiotics : Science

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Earliest #Evidence of #Ivory #Tool Production Uncovered in #Ukrainian Site : Medium

#Neutrino’s #Nursery found: the ‘#Shadow #Blaster’ : Nature

#Bacteria share #Proteins to survive #Antibiotics : Science

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

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Earliest #Evidence of #Ivory #Tool Production Uncovered in #Ukrainian Site : Medium

#Neutrino’s #Nursery found: the ‘#Shadow #Blaster’ : Nature

#Bacteria share #Proteins to survive #Antibiotics : Science

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Earliest #Evidence of #Ivory #Tool Production Uncovered in #Ukrainian Site : Medium

#Neutrino’s #Nursery found: the ‘#Shadow #Blaster’ : Nature

#Bacteria share #Proteins to survive #Antibiotics : Science

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Earliest #Evidence of #Ivory #Tool Production Uncovered in #Ukrainian Site : Medium

#Neutrino’s #Nursery found: the ‘#Shadow #Blaster’ : Nature

#Bacteria share #Proteins to survive #Antibiotics : Science

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

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Microplastic pollution can fuel rise in antibiotic resistance, studies find https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/microplastic-pollution-can-fuel-rise-in-antibiotic-resistance-studies-find/

#environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #antibiotics #AntibioticResistance

How generative AI and physics can help design new antibiotics
#AI #GenerativeAI #Antibiotics #AntibioticResistance #MedicalResearch #Science #Physics #Biotechnology #Medicine #Innovation #DrugDiscovery #HealthTech #Microbiology #AIResearch #Bacteria
https://the-14.com/how-generative-ai-and-physics-can-help-design-new-antibiotics/

A retrospective analysis of almost 600 hip and knee replacement patients who followed a post-op 7-day course of oral antibiotics found that the rate of joint infections did not differ at 90 days or 1 year from the rate for propensity score matched patients who did not receive antibiotics.

Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-case-antibiotics-joint-surgery.html

Original paper (not open access): https://www.arthroplastyjournal.org/article/S0883-5403(26)00561-9/abstract

#Science #Health #Medicine #Antibiotics #Infection #JointReplacement #HipReplacement #KneeReplacement

Why a surge in sexually transmitted infections in Europe should worry everybody | Peter Beyer https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/30/sexually-transmitted-infections-europe-world-drug-resistant-bacteria-amr #GlobalDevelopment #GlobalHealth #DrugResistance #Antibiotics #PharmaceuticalsIndustry #Drugs #Business #Health #Science #Gonorrhoea #SexualHealth #Europe

New publication: Inducible #CRISPRi enables efficient and high-fidelity #genome editing in #Streptomyces. #antibiotics
https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkag560

@Catha
i'm aware that plants can have diseases but in terms of #antibiotics use and resistance, #plantbased foods are a non-issue.

it's sad you decided to go and kill someone when you could have eaten other plants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QevWGsd96xQ

Antibiotics use in livestock could rise by a third in next 15 years, UN report warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/03/antibiotics-use-in-livestock-rise-un-fao

#AnimalRights #AnimalAgriculture #livestock #antibiotics

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/03/antibiotics-use-in-livestock-rise-un-fao. "The use of #antibiotics on #livestock will rise by nearly a third in the next 15 years without #Government #intervention, according to new global estimates, with potentially disastrous #impacts on #human #resistance to essential #medicines." The @guardian means #bacterial resistance to medicines used to treat human & #veterinary #diseases!

Bacteriophages: meet the viruses that hunt superbugs
#Health #Science #Biotechnology #Antibiotics #Superbugs #Microbiome #Innovation #Agriculture #FoodSafety #Viruses #Medical #Environment #Tech #Sustainability #Phages #Bacteriophage #AnimalHealth
https://the-14.com/bacteriophages-meet-the-viruses-that-hunt-superbugs/

#UK, #England: #Antibiotics and MenB #vaccination to be offered to young people in #Dorset following 3 cases of invasive #meningococcal disease (UKHSA, Apr. 17 '26), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/04/uk-england-antibiotics-and-menb.html

#Antibiotics (#Basel)
. 2020 Jul 13;9(7):406. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070406

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7400265/

#Wissenschaft #science #Studie #Demokratie #Medizin #Politik #Merz #Söder #Bas #Schwerdtner #Klingbeil #ThorstenFrei #Reiche #Kulturkrieg #Klimaschutz #Menschenrechte #SPD #CSU #CDU #DIELINKE #FDP #GRÜNE #Biologie #biology #WEEDMoB #Hanfgeschichten #hanf #hemp #marijuana #Gesundheit #CanG #Menschenrechte #SPD #CSU #CDU #DIELINKE #FDP #GRÜNE #Cannabis #Antibiotika #MRSA #Bundesregierung

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 21st, 2025

https://bit.ly/stc022125

#"Younger Dryas" #Laacher #sulfate #geochronology #recycle #nitrification #pH #f-NBD #thermoelectric #ingots #doped #efficient ##superbugs #co-scientist #antibiotics #immune #Fetal #acetaminophen #plasma #CANDLE

During her work at Rutgers University microbiologist Elizabeth Bugie (1920-2001) was involved in the discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. While her boss received the Nobel Prize for this discovery, she wasn’t mentioned. Honouring her work on the discovery and evaluation of antibiotics, DSMZ researchers named the strain Streptomyces bugieae (DSM 41528) after her.

#herstory #HonoringWomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #streptomyces #microbiology #antibiotics

3 days of antibiotics from pharmacists could lead to chronic UTIs, experts warn
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/3-days-of-antibiotics-from-pharmacists-could-lead-to-chronic-utis-experts-warn/ar-BB1hHNyI?cvid=ced4fc8c028a458efdfbdfc08d7a77c8&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=8

#Antibiotics
#Pharmacy
#Chemists
#UTIs
#NHSPharmacyFirstScheme
#PharmacyFirstScheme
#ChronicUTIs
#Cystitis
#NICE
#Women
#PharmacistsDefenseAssociation
#BladderHealthUK
#InadequateCourseLength

Katherine Duncan from Strathclyde University:

Linking genes and metabolites for informed antibiotic discovery

#jgi2023 #actinomycetes #streptomyces #antibiotics #jgi

@LBNLBioSci

Air Pollution Linked To Rise In Antibiotic Resistance That Imperils Human Health [global spatial analysis]
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/07/air-pollution-linked-rise-antibiotic-resistance-imperils-human-health <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00135-3 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #global #spatialanalysis #publichealth #spatiotemporal #airpollution #airquality #pathways #mortality #antibioticresistance #antibiotics #threat #humanhealth #corrleation #gischat #pathways #transmission #ARB #bacteria #agriculture #Pharmaceutical

No rest for the antimicrobial steward, even when out for an ice cream! 🍦
#AMS #IDMastodon #MedMastodon #AMR #antibiotics #microbiology #antimicrobialstewardship #Creams

Persistent #UTI in Association with Community-Acquired #NDM5 #Ecoli Clonal Group Following #COVID-19 Infection — #Beijing Municipality, China, 2023 - CCDC: https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2023.110 #amr #antibiotics #MDR #XDR #enterobacteriaceae #china

Persistent #UTI in Association with Community-Acquired #NDM5 #Ecoli Clonal Group Following #COVID-19 Infection — #Beijing Municipality, China, 2023 - CCDC: https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2023.110 #amr #antibiotics #MDR #XDR #enterobacteriaceae #china

Persistent #UTI in Association with Community-Acquired #NDM5 #Ecoli Clonal Group Following #COVID-19 Infection — #Beijing Municipality, China, 2023 - CCDC: https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2023.110 #amr #antibiotics #MDR #XDR #enterobacteriaceae #china

1970!!

.> Bacteria — those tiny “bugs” that invade bodies and some times raise havoc — are begin ning to fight back against man's attempt to control them with modern drugs. Moreover, the bac teria are waging such a good fight that many scientists from around the world have become seriously concerned that the “bugs” might come out on top, rendering human populations vulnerable to diseases now under control.

.> Scientists and physicians are concerned about the problem but at the same time there is deep disagreement as to how dangerous the situation really is. Last week, under the aus pices of the New York Acad emy of Sciences, experts from 11 countries gathered here to thrash out the controversy. When they adjourned, many partici pants said they learned a great deal, but few said they had changed their opinions.

.> Dr. #TsutomuWatanabe, of Tokyo's Keio University School of Medicine, and a pioneer in the area of drug‐resistant bac teria, is one of the scientists who felt there might be real danger. The situation in his own country, he said, illustrates the seriousness of the problem.
...

.> Over the past two years, Dr. Watanabe said in an interview, huge numbers of commercially raised Japanese fish have succumbed to infectious diseases. Antibiotics have been ineffective in treating these infections, he said, and the industry is seriously threatened. The fish are not responding to drug therapy because of a practice in animal husbandry that is common in most developed countries. In Japan, the United States and elsewhere, food animals such as cows, chickens, pigs and fish are routinely fed low but varying doses of antibiotics.

RT @Eurosurveillanc: Our new issue is out:

➡️https://bit.ly/EUS2819

#AvianInfluenza #avianflu #influenzaaviaire #gripeaviar #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #BloodDonation
#EColi #AntimicrobialResistance #antibiotics #healthcare #hepatitis #HAV #outbreaks #meningococcal #IDtwitter #PublicHealth https://t.co/qU9kDwZhZk

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1656951714421850112