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New study is an advance toward preventing a ‘post-antibiotic era’

By Guest PostMay 25, 2017Healthcasey beppler, combinations of antibiotics, elif tekin, growth of bacteria, pamela yeh, post antibiotic era, van savage

UCLA biologists identify drug combinations that may be highly effective at reducing growth of deadly bacteria

A landmark report by the World Health Organization in 2014 observed that antibiotic resistance — long thought to be a health threat of the future — had finally become a serious threat to public health around the world. A top WHO official called for an immediate and aggressive response to prevent what he called a “post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill.” (more…)

Three-drug combinations could help counter antibiotic resistance, UCLA biologists report

By Guest PostSeptember 29, 2016Healthantibiotic resistance, counter, elif tekin, fight bacteria, pamela yeh, three drug combinations, van savage

Each year, approximately 700,000 people die from drug-resistant bacterial infections. A study by UCLA life scientists could be a major step toward combating drug-resistant infections. (more…)

UCLA life scientists present new insights on climate change and species interactions

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UCLA life scientists provide important new details on how climate change will affect interactions between species in research published online May 21 in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This knowledge, they say, is critical to making accurate predictions and informing policymakers of how species are likely to be impacted by rising temperatures.

“There is a growing recognition among biologists that climate change is affecting how species interact with one another, and that this is going to have very important consequences for the stability and functioning of ecosystems,” said the senior author of the research, Van Savage, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and of biomathematics at UCLA. “However, there is still a very limited understanding of exactly what these changes will be. Our paper makes progress on this very important question.” (more…)

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New study is an advance toward preventing a ‘post-antibiotic era’

Three-drug combinations could help counter antibiotic resistance, UCLA biologists report

UCLA life scientists present new insights on climate change and species interactions