<img src="../files/images/20071031/30.jpg" align="left" /><font class="UCASE">T</font>he antibiotics we consume are now being found in effluents discharged by industrial estates in Andhra Pradesh. Shockingly, the quantities are not minuscule. Researchers who collected samples and then analysed them say the amount of antibiotics they detected has never been reported anywhere else in the world.
Determining molecular tr In 5 uc res is made easy by the new 'Shake and Bake' method
The scientific community is trying hard to combat communicable diseases which have made a comeback
A validated, highly sensitive and precise high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the determination of the macrolides erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin and roxithromycin in human serum is described.
is what awaits over 80 million tuberculosis patients worldwide
the latest item to join the list of banned products in Europe because of its possible risk to human health is an antibiotic called avoparcin. The European Union (eu) is going to ban the
The need for aquaculture research institutes to zero in on the precise source of antibiotic contamination of shrimp exports from India to tackle the problem was the spotlight of a brainstorming
Bacterial infections that resist treatmentcontinue to rise in the United States, three new studies report, in what scientists call part of an ominous trend linked to the overuse of antibiotics in
With a view to improve and manage the prudent use of antibiotics by establishing coordination among human and veterinary health care professionals and consumers, the Nepal government is to announce
An Australian researcher has isolated a new antibiotic from the eggs of a sea snal found in the south-eastern part of the country, which is as powerful as
More than 100 samples of milk products collected from around the country in the past six months have been found to be tainted with the deadly E.coli microbe, aflatoxin and antibiotics, according to
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first member of a new class of antibiotics to treat hospital patients infected with bacteria that are resistant to all other drugs. The medicine,
The control of smallpox, cholera, leprosy and infectious diseases, through improved hygiene, widespread vaccination programmes and antibiotics, is one of the triumphs of modern medicine in the
Environmental group Greenpeace has urged the Austrian government to ban all imports of farmed shrimps from the tropics after it claimed to have found traces of prohibited antibiotics in the
A cup of tea may be all the protection we need against bugs that have become resistant to antibiotics. Scientists at Cambridge University who are investigating a bacterium called methicillin
Pressure is increasing on the EU to ban the use of antibiotics in animal feed, with consumers and some member states calling for action by the European Commission. The Union consumer group Eurocoop
Antibiotics are not needed for treatment of most upper respiratory infections, such as sore throats, bronchitis, and most sinus infections, according to guidelines published by a doctor's group. They
Many New Yorkers - and to a lesser extent, people across the country - are stocking up on Cipro, an antibiotic that they believe can be used to treat anthrax. Most scientists say that taking Cipro
Human sweat contains a powerful antibiotic that may provide a firs line of defence against harmful bugs, scientists revealed on
The heart and circulation problems that plague people with liver cirrhosis are vastly improved when they are given an antibiotic that kills gut bacteria, Melbourne researchers have found. Cirrhosis
