DrugResistant

Covid-19 news: Drug-resistant mutation linked to a covid treatment

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By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool, Carissa Wong, Alex Wilkins and Alexandra Thompson Laboratory culture system using VeroE6 cells tested negative for covid-19. Rockett et al, 2022 Latest coronavirus news as of 12pm 10 March The monoclonal antibody sotrovimab has … Read more

Origins of Drug-Resistant Superbug Weren’t What We Thought, Surprise Discovery Shows

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An evolutionary battle between fungi and bacteria on hedgehogs’ skin gave rise to a type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria long before humans started using the antibiotics that were thought to lead to such superbugs, a new study reveals.   Researchers traced some lineages of the superbug MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, to a parasitic fungus found … Read more