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Drug resistance

'Drug Resistance' - 7 New Result(s)
  • XDR and MRD: The Rise of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
    XDR and MRD: The Rise of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

    The rise of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis is threatening to outdo years of progress in controlling the disease.

  • Combo Therapy Against: Ovarian And Breast Cancer, Can Overcome Drug Resistance
    Combo Therapy Against: Ovarian And Breast Cancer, Can Overcome Drug Resistance

    Bolstering the know how behind targeted cancer treatment, Indian scientists have offered a new rationale for combination drug therapy for ovarian and breast cancer, which they say can counter drug resistance and reduce side-effects.

  • New Anti-Malarial Treatment Provides Hope in Battle Against Drug Resistance
    New Anti-Malarial Treatment Provides Hope in Battle Against Drug Resistance

    Trials show new drug could kill parasite and prevent the spread of malaria, which kills over half a million a year, and would cost around $1 per treatment.

  • India to Issue Guidelines on Antibiotics Usage
    India to Issue Guidelines on Antibiotics Usage

    Experts are expressing concerns that antibiotics are losing their effectiveness at an increasing rate. Antibiotic resistance has become one of the most significant threats to patients' safety.

  • Drug Resistant Typhoid on a Global Rise
    Drug Resistant Typhoid on a Global Rise

    Vaccination to prevent the disease is not currently in widespread use in these countries; instead the disease is controlled mainly through use of anti-microbial drugs.

  • Drug Resistant TB: 5 Facts You Didn't Know
    Drug Resistant TB: 5 Facts You Didn't Know

    TB is treatable, however, the bacteria that cause TB can develop resistance to the antimicrobial drugs used to cure the disease. This is known as Drug-Resistant TB or Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).

  • Ancient Chinese Malaria Remedy May Help Fight TB
    Ancient Chinese Malaria Remedy May Help Fight TB

    A centuries-old herbal Chinese medicine, used to effectively treat malaria, may help fight tuberculosis and slow the evolution of drug resistance, scientists have found.

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