World Zoonoses Day 2022

World Zoonoses Day is celebrated on July 6, across the world annually. Why is World Zoonoses Day is celebrated? The World Zoonoses Day is celebrated to spread awareness on infectious diseases, which are collectively called as zoonotic diseases. It is ..

Tags: Drug resistance • Louis Pasteur • Rabies • World Zoonoses Day • Zoonoses

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

WHO on Corona Virus: Virus is not yet pandemic

The World Health Organization on February 4, 2020 announced that the Corona virus disease has not yet become pandemic. The disease has so far killed 425 people and has infected more than 20,000. Hong Kong recently reported death due to ..

Tags: Corona virus • Drug resistance • HIV • Superbugs • Tuberculosis

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

The researchers at IIT Kanpur develops a novel molecular framework for superbugs

The researchers at the IIT Kanpur and the Lucknow-based Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) have designed a novel molecular framework to destroy superbugs, which are becoming increasingly resistant to most known antibiotics. It would help drugs latch on to the ..

Tags: Antimicrobial resistance • Bacteriology • DNA • DNA gyrase • Drug resistance

Union Government bans Colistion in animal food industry

In a bid to preserve the drug’s efficacy in humans, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of Colistin and its formulations for food-producing animals, poultry, aqua farming and animal feed supplements. The ..

Tags: Antibiotic resistance • Antibiotic use in livestock • Antimicrobial resistance • colistin • Cyclic peptides

Indian scientists at CCMB discovers a new enzyme “Murein Endopeptidase” to break bacterial cell wall

Scientists at the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) have discovered a new enzyme ‘Murein Endopeptidase’ which helps in breaking cell walls of bacteria. This discovery offers a potential for a new drug delivery route to arrest the anti-bacterial ..

Tags: Antibiotic • Antimicrobial resistance • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology • Drug resistance • Evolutionary biology

ESKAPE

ESKAPE is an acronym standing for bacterial pathogens commonly associated with antimicrobial resistance. ESKAPE is group of pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species). ESKAPE pathogens are considered the leading cause of nosocomial (hospitalborn) ..

Tags: Acinetobacter baumannii • Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery • Drug resistance • Gram-negative bacteria • Health