Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Handicapped microbes that survive drug attacks are more dangerous than the living ones, as very soon they develop resistance to that specific drug. Macrolides, a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics that has a macrocyclic structure are produced by strains of Streptomyces. These are generally prescribed in case of bacterial infections […]
Anuska Sen, Team bioXone Superbugs are microbes which have gained resistance against anti-microbial substances such as antibiotics. These organisms have the potential to spread havoc destruction as methods to control them are relatively less known yet. These microorganisms can cause diseases like urinary tract infections, pneumonia, skin infections which cannot be easily treated by their […]
–Anuska Sen, Amity University Kolkata ‘Superbugs’ have been causing such a great havoc that certainly the world now knows about it. These microorganisms have developed resistance for antibiotics generally used to treat them, but scientists have discovered variants of vitamins called ‘Antivitamins’ that maybe instrumental in combating these superbugs. Antivitamins usually have structural resemblance to […]
