Article: drug resistance

Article: Drug Resistance
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer;      700+ words ......Rochester, Minnesota, drug resistance may have played...with viruses and bacteria are commonplace...example showing that drug resistance is becoming an...Like viruses, bacteria can also become...If a virus or bacteria mutates at a specific...overcoming the drug ...

Article: Putting bacteria on birth control.(Antibiotics)(stopping the spread of bacteria)
USA Today (Magazine);  October 1, 2007 ;     333 words ...Putting bacteria on birth control could...enzyme that helps fertile bacteria swap genes for drug resistance. Drugs called bisphosphonates...this enzyme and prevent bacteria from spreading antibiotic-resista...drug kills the weakest bacteria in the bloodstream...share them with ...

Article: Antimicrobial drug resistance: "prediction is very difficult, especially about the future" (1).
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Evolution of bacteria towards resistance to antimicrobial drugs, including...particular aspect of the general evolution of bacteria that is unstoppable. Therefore, the only means...emergence and subsequent dissemination of resistant bacteria or resistance genes. Resistance to antimicrobial drugs in ...

Article: Cancer drug resistance research perspectives.(Brief article)(Book review)
SciTech Book News;  December 1, 2007 ;     161 words ...9781600215728 Cancer drug resistance research perspectives. Ed. by Liman...treatment of cancer is the development of drug resistance by the cancer cells. Studies on mechanisms of cancer drug resistance have yielded important information...

Article: bacteria
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ......such as the chains formed by streptococci. Many bacteria, chiefly the bacillus and spirillum forms, are...about by whiplike movements of flagella; other bacteria have rigid rodlike protuberances called pili that serve as tethers. Some bacteria (those known as aerobic forms) can function ...

Article: Research and Markets: This Essential Report on Cancer Drug Resistance is Available Now.
Business Wire;  September 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......announced the addition of the Cancer Drug Resistance report to their offering. Resistance...drugs and strategies to combat drug resistance A detailed and comprehensive review of cancer drug resistance Drug resistance is the single most...

Article: ANTIBIOTICS vs. the SUPERBUGS.(drug resistance to antibiotics)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......suspected he had a bacterial infection, so they...the only case of bacterial resistance to antibiotics...antibiotics. Some of these bacteria cause pneumonia...Rochester, Minnesota, drug resistance may have contributed...healing powers against bacterial infections. ...

Article: The frequency of drug resistance mutations in Mycobacterium leprae isolates in untreated and relapsed leprosy patients from Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Leprosy Review;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......indicate clearly whether the magnitude of drug resistance has changed. Larger studies of resistance...recommend monitoring the magnitude of drug resistance globally, by testing M. leprae DNA from...control to minimise the development of drug resistance in Mycobacterium leprae. (1) ...

Article: Research Using PhenoSense HIV Drug Resistance Technology, Presented At 8th Conference On Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Reveals New Ways to Guide HIV Patient Therapy.
Business Wire;  February 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Additional Data Document Increases in HIV Drug Resistance; New ViroLogic Viral Fitness Assay...challenge of managing and overcoming HIV drug resistance is becoming more common in physicians...Clinical cutoffs define the level of drug resistance beyond which patients are less likely...

Article: New Studies Demonstrate Superior Accuracy and Sensitivity of PhenoSense HIV Drug Resistance Test.
Business Wire;  June 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Presented at This Week's International Drug Resistance Conference in Spain A number of important...4th International Workshop on HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Strategies demonstrate...PhenoSense(tm) HIV, a phenotypic HIV drug resistance test developed and marketed by ViroLogic...

Article: ViroLogic and Merck Enter Agreement to Sponsor HIV Drug Resistance Education Programs.
Business Wire;  September 14, 2000 ;     609 words ......Latest Information on Benefits of HIV Drug Resistance Testing -- ViroLogic, Inc. (NASDAQ...educational programs on the utility of HIV drug resistance testing for physicians across the...and clinicians on HIV therapy and drug resistance, and will educate physicians about...

Article: Antimicrobial drug resistance in Singapore hospitals.(DISPATCHES)(Survey)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......isolates in 2006. Antimicrobial drug resistance is a major probroblem in Singapore. ********** Bacterial antimicrobial drug resistance is a worldwide problem that...account for >90% of positive bacterial cultures from nosocomial infections...

Article: Stanford Researchers Present New Findings On Drug Resistance At World AIDS Conference.
Business Wire;  July 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ......researchers addressed the challenge of drug resistance in AIDS care and how doctors treat...subtypes of the HIV virus develop drug resistance. The presentations were made at the...Conference in Barcelona this week. Drug resistance is a major concern in AIDS treatment...

Article: New Study Shows Phenotypic Drug Resistance Testing Can Predict HIV Treatment Failure At Low Viral Loads.
Business Wire;  December 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ......the first time that phenotypic HIV drug resistance testing can detect the emergence of drug resistance prior to a significant increase in...implications, as the successful use of drug resistance testing at low viral loads may help...