Tag: antimicrobials
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New Antimicrobial Compounds Offer Safer Solution for Bovine Mastitis
Safer Solutions for a Global Dairy Challenge Bovine mastitis remains a persistent threat to dairy cattle worldwide, causing significant milk losses and escalating costs for farmers. Estimates place global annual losses from udder infections at around US$22 billion (S$28 billion). Traditional antibiotics, while effective to some extent, bring concerns about antibiotic resistance and milk contamination.…
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Targeted steroid use may offer a universal complementary treatment to fight TB
Overview: A new angle on TB treatment Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major global health challenge, affecting more than 10 million people annually with about 1.25 million deaths each year. While steroids such as dexamethasone are already used in selected TB cases, the precise impact of these drugs on immune cells has remained unclear.…