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<p>Researchers from the <a href="https://www.kent.ac.uk/">University of Kent&rsquo;s</a> School of Biosciences have combined computational and microbiology laboratory approaches to identify existing drugs that can be repurposed to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. This research has revealed that a class of steroid drugs currently used in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can also stop the growth of antibiotic-resistant <em>E. coli</em> and effectively kill MRSA.&nbsp;</p>

Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed) heralds an exciting new milestone with the recent appointment of Provost and Group Chief Executive Officer (Asean), Professor Dennis Wong, and Chief Executive Officer and Vice Provost, Professor Vishna Nadarajah.

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AZoM speaks with Professor Chris Howe about his research with cyanobacteria. These algae were able to power a microprocessor for an extended period of time in an exciting new breakthrough for natural energy production.

Bacteriophages are still a relatively unknown component of the human microbiome. However, they can play a powerful role in the life cycles of bacteria. Biochemist Thomas Böttcher from the University of Vienna and Ph.D. student Magdalena Jancheva were able to show for the first time how Pseudomonas bacteria use a self-produced signal molecule to selectively manipulate phages in a competing bacterial strain to defeat their enemy.