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Are Anti Bacterial Products a Scam Anti-bacterial product manufacturers are rolling in the big bucks. Each year millions of folks, rush out to buy their products as a way to thwart any bacteria from breaching their defenses and making them sick.

sciencedaily New research examines how genes encoding the major histocompatibility (MHC) complex affect the ability of frogs to resist infection by a bacterium that is commonly associated with frog population declines.

Streptomycin (Ambistryn), Gentamicin (Genticyn), Kanamycin (Kancin), Netilmicin (Netromycin), Amikacin (Mikacin) and Tobramycin (Tobacin) are aminoglycosides. All of them are injectables and not effective orally. Gentamicin is a commonly used drug for infection.

The problem with antibiotics is that, eventually, bacteria outsmart them and become resistant. But by targeting the gene that confers such resistance, a new drug may be able to finally outwit them. Rockefeller University scientists tested the new drug, called Ceftobiprole, against some of the deadliest

If the previous item was not enough, yesterday’s Times also carried an article about the development of bacteria that eat waste and excrete crude oil “Ten years ago I could never have imagined I’d be doing this,” says Greg Pal, 33, former software executive, “I mean, this is essentially agriculture, right?

Several strains of bacteria in the soil can make a meal of the world's most potent antibiotics, researchers said on Thursday, in a startling finding that illustrates the extent to which these germ-fighting drugs are losing the war against superbugs.

The evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations is a direct consequence of natural selection applied by widespread use of antibiotic drugs. When a new antibiotic is first introduced, it kills the vast majority of bacteria exposed to it.

Proteins That Help Bacteria Put Up A Fight Identified From ScienceDaily Wed, 02/27/2008 - 22:00 Scientists have identified the role of two proteins that contribute to disease-causing bacteria cells' versatility in resisting certain classes of antibiotics.