What is bacterial chromosome or genome? Bacterial chromosome and plasmid called bacterial genome is the whole set of genomic/genetic material found in the form of double helix DNA within the bacterial chromosome(s) of a bacteria including genes and non-coding regions. What does bacterial genomics mean? Every organisms on the Earth carries a genome which encodes … Read more
Antibiotics Discovery Timeline is a long journey of antibiotic discovery. Antimicrobial drugs or antibiotics are important for treatment of deadly bacterial infections which caused catastrophic pandemics in history of human civilizations and left the scars on human history. After, facing deadly pandemics throughout history scientists discovered that the cause of deadly pandemics were microorganisms they … Read more
Monkeypox origins and detailed history Monkeypox virus has two types: Clade I and Clade II.Clad I has 10 percent fatality rate but the current outbreak is due to Clade II (Clade IIb). Clade IIb infections are rarely fatal and 99 percent infected people recover from the infection. However, people with weak immunity, pregnant women and … Read more
After Antimicrobial drugs or antibiotic (Penicillin was the first drug discovered in 1928) by Alexander Fleming discovery of antibiotics (Penicillin was the first drug discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming), scientists believed that the war against infectious bacteria is over because it attributed to 70 percent decline in deaths due to infectious bacterial infections. With … Read more
“On July 2022, The World Health Organization declared monkeypox or mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern spreading globally is a “public health emergency of international concern”. Etiology or causative agent Monkeypox or mpox a viral disease caused by “the monkeypox virus” an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus member the genus Orthopoxvirus in the … Read more
What is an antimicrobial/ antibiotic? Many of people will be familiar with these terms antimicrobial or antibiotic as they may be treated with some antimicrobial or antibiotic when they got sick or developed any bacterial infection. In general terms it is the ability of any substance to kill or inhibit the bacteria but the exact … Read more
Key facts Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires urgent multi-sectoral actions to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). Health Emergency World Health Organization has declared that AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. Financial Crisis Cost of AMR is is significant on the economy due to prolonged illness … Read more