Category Archives: Antibiotic Discovery Void

Ancient Remedies Resurrected!

Posted on October 5, 2016 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Let’s start today’s blog with a riddle of sorts. What do the vegetables leek and garlic have in common with wine and cow bile? The obvious answer is “nothing” but a more subtle answer is “apparently everything” when the question … Continue reading →

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FDA Says, “Stop Using Antibacterial Soaps and Cleansers!”

Posted on September 7, 2016 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

My blog headline mimics the headlines I’ve witnessed in print for the last couple of weeks. The FDA has finally ruled on the use, overuse and abusive use of antibacterial soaps. I’ve blogged in the past (here and here) about … Continue reading →

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Teaching an Old Drug New Tricks

Posted on July 13, 2016 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

I’ve written in previous blogs (here, here and here) about the increasing danger of drug resistant bacteria—that one day we may find that certain bacteria have evolved to be resistant to ALL known antibiotics and that the so-called “Golden Age … Continue reading →

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Ancient Remedies Resurrected!

Posted on April 8, 2015 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Let’s start today’s blog with a riddle of sorts. What do the vegetables leek and garlic have in common with wine and cow bile? The obvious answer is “nothing” but a more subtle answer is “apparently everything” when the question … Continue reading →

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The Post-Antibiotic Era

Posted on January 29, 2014 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

In late 2013 the Centers for Disease Control released a report on the escalating lethal threat of antibiotic resistance—specifically, the increasing number of bacterial infections that are resistant to conventional antibiotic therapy. The antibiotic resistance problem is complex and the … Continue reading →

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