Struggle between good and bad bacteria reveals antibiotics of the future

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Antibiotics are a product of nature, and researchers have sought and found many new antibiotics in fungi and bacteria since penicillin was first discovered in 1928. The overuse of most antibiotics in animal feed and antibacterial treatment has led to a massive increase in antibiotic resistance. This has led researchers to seek completely new types of antibiotics – using novel methods. Find more about it here.
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Good news travels fast

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Since the paper ‘Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes from antibiotic producers to pathogens’ was published in Nature Communications the 7th of June, and afterwards was written as a news article in a less scientific language, it has received huge media attention all across the globe. For more than 30 years, scientists have proposed that resistance genes actually originate from the microorganisms producing the antibiotic. Now, research shows for the very first time that antibiotic resistance genes originate from the same place as the antibiotic compounds, i.e. from a group of soil bacteria called Actinobacteria. According to Altmetric, that collect and collate data to provide information of the online activity related to publications, the article has been published by 15 different news media. This includes Science Daily, Science World Report, Scicasts,…
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Iimena Kick-off meeting

Iimena Kick-off meeting

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The official Kick-off meeting of the Iimena project funded by a Challenge Grant of the Novo Nordisk Foundation was held in Lyngby, Denmark on 28th of March, 2017. The meeting was hosted by the Technical University of Denmark, a coordinating partner of the consortium. The project allowed the partners to know each other, share ideas and research strategies. The project plan was discussed and also the collaboration within the consortium.
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