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Download Infographic Overview Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, transmitted through bites of infected Ixodes ticks. It typically begins with an expanding skin rash...

2 April, 2026

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Antibiotic-free treatment for infection? New technology with potential in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

New treatment under development by Professor Karine Auclair and Assistant Professor Andréanne Lupien could potentially treat intracellular infections without the need for traditional antibiotics. Supported by the McGill...

4 June, 2024

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A golden age of vaccines is here. What it means for you

Roll up your sleeves. Effective new vaccines have hit the market for everything from pneumonia to shingles to RSV to, of course, Covid-19. And that’s just the beginning. There were 258 vaccines in development as of...

24 November, 2023

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New MCR-1 reports warn of untreatable infection threat

The newly identified MCR-1 resistance gene has been detected in six more countries, along with worrisome signs that it can appear alongside other resistance genes, which would make some infections untreatable, according...

12 January, 2016

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New gene that makes common bacteria resistant to last-line antibiotic found in animals and patients in China

A new gene (mcr-1) that enables bacteria to be highly resistant to polymyxins, the last line of antibiotic defence we have left, is widespread in Enterobacteriaceae taken from pigs and patients in south China, including...

23 November, 2015

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Indian scientists’ discovery can lead to development of new antibiotics

The scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) here have identified a potential area where new antibiotics can be developed. The identification of ‘potential drug target’ by CCMB...

8 October, 2015

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How to win the war against infection, inflammation, disease and immunity

It’s a scary struggle. Forget guns, bullets, bombs and drones. Humans are entangled in a far more lethal world war than the conflicts often described in the news. The numbers and potential kill factors are...

9 July, 2015

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New weapon in fight against ‘superbugs’

Some harmful bacteria are increasingly resistant to treatment with antibiotics. A discovery might be able to help the antibiotics treat the disease. A soil sample from a national park in eastern Canada has produced a...

1 July, 2014

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Antibiotics Niet: Soviet use of viruses to cure being considered in U.S.

Antibiotics were “niet” during the Soviet era and, as an alternative, doctors used viruses to cure infections, and this idea is now being considered in the U.S. Overuse of these drugs has produced bacterial resistance...

16 June, 2014

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