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drug resistance news

First New Malaria Drug in Years Performs Strongly in Late-Stage Testing

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A microscopy slide used to count parasites in a patient sample.
health
Published on Nov 13, 2025 11:00 am IST

What to do if your body is resisting cancer treatment?

Cancer treatments are failing but these new innovations could be the answer!
health
Updated on Feb 08, 2025 05:48 pm IST

Is your body resisting cancer treatment? Doctors explain why

Is Your Cancer Treatment Working? The Hidden Threat of Drug Resistance
health
Updated on Feb 08, 2025 04:18 pm IST

Could this protein duo be the key to overcoming breast cancer resistance?

New research paves the way for personalised breast cancer treatments
health
Updated on Dec 08, 2024 04:40 pm IST

Time to step up the fight against AMR

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AMR
public health
Published on Dec 05, 2024 10:34 am IST

Prized Science | Holy Grail of bacteria; Unmasking the mysterious dark matter

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Ashwani Kumar, senior principal scientist at CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh
editors pick
Updated on Sept 27, 2023 11:40 am IST

Bacteria that cause bloodstream infections grew highly drug-resistant in 2020

World Health Organization report is based on data from 87 countries. (Representative Image)
science
Published on Dec 09, 2022 03:02 pm IST

Drug resistance to fungal infections increasing: ICMR report

An oxygen cylinder being moved to a temporary Covid-19 care centre attached to LNJP Hospital, at Shehnai Banquet Hall, in New Delhi. (HT photo)
india news
Updated on Sept 04, 2021 02:55 am IST

Study reveals how ecDNA forms, drives cancer drug resistance

The research, provides new insights into how cancers evolve to adapt to changing environments and suggests ways to reduce drug resistance by combining therapies.
science
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 08:12 pm IST

Leukemia drug may treat brain cancer in children

While more research is needed, this pharmaceutical could potentially be used for several cancer types with an overactive cell-signaling pathway.
lifestyle
Updated on Sept 22, 2019 01:35 pm IST

Drug-resistant diseases as big a threat as climate change: UN

Drug resistance currently causes at least 700,000 deaths each year, including 230,000 from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The most common drug resistant pathogens, including E. coli, K. pneumoniae, Salmonella spp., among others.
india news
Published on Apr 30, 2019 07:38 am IST

Drug-resistant fungi are a threat to modern medicine

Unlike other fungi that rarely transmit between humans, C. auris can be passed from patient to patient in a hospital. This is because of its unusual ability to last for long periods of time on hospital surfaces, such as bed rails and door handles (Representational photo)
analysis
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 07:40 pm IST

Rise in Tuberculosis cases notified from private sector

As per the current government estimates calculated in 2017, India reported 204 new cases per 100,000 population.
india news
Published on Mar 24, 2019 11:30 pm IST

‘Beijing Tuberculosis strain cases rises to 40%’: Study

Even as the number of tuberculosis-related deaths in the city has declined over the past three years, an ongoing global study found nearly 40% of the tuberculosis (TB) patients in its Mumbai sample were infected with a drug-resistant form known as the Beijing strain. HT Photo by Kalpak Pathak
mumbai news
Updated on Mar 19, 2019 03:59 am IST

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV drops notably in Maharashtra

A man poses as he displays his hand and face painted with messages during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on the eve of World AIDS Day.
pune news
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 02:44 pm IST

Drug-resistant superbugs are spreading, and fast

Jean Lee, a PhD student at Melbourne's Doherty Institute, displays the superbug Staphylcocus epidermidis on an agar plate in Melbourne on September 4, 2018
editorials
Published on Sept 10, 2018 12:46 pm IST

Use of antibiotics in India more than doubles in 15 years: Study

Antibiotic use in India went up from 3.2 billion defined daily doses (DDD) to 6.5 billion in 2015.
health
Published on Mar 27, 2018 04:50 pm IST

India’s antibiotic use doubles in 15 years, common infections harder to treat: Study

According to the study, antibiotic use in India went up from 3.2 billion defined daily doses (DDD) to 6.5 billion in 2015, reflecting increasing economic growth and more access to the medication in both public and private sectors.
health
Updated on Mar 27, 2018 01:33 pm IST
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