antibiotic resistance

UNMC researcher synthesizes new antibiotic peptides

August 20, 2020

OMAHA Neb. (Aug. 19, 2020)—One year removed from publishing a groundbreaking...

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UNMC researcher bridges antibiotic gap in major breakthrough

June 26, 2019

OMAHA, Nebraska (June 24, 2019)—Gus Wang, PhD, a world-leading expert on...

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Innovation Overground

Innovation Overground: Phages might solve antibiotic resistance

December 3, 2018

OMAHA, Neb. (Dec. 3, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast,...

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Cheer up kid, it’s worse than it looks. If we can get past the pattern-recognition receptors, those murderous macrophages, pools of acid sweat and gooey oils, those infernal helper bacteria— traitors!— and these new-fangled antimicrobial peptide bombs... we’ll still have all the internal defenses to deal with. But, we gotta’ job to do, kid... you didn’t wanna’ live forever, did you?

Skin holds off nearly all infections, but no...

April 4, 2018

Bacterial infections are a glitch. The marvel that is the human immune system...

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UNMC researcher secures $2.25 million grant to fight...

July 13, 2016

OMAHA, Neb. (July 11, 2016)—A researcher at the University of Nebraska...

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Prommune will test swine flu H1N1 vaccine

August 24, 2015

by Charles Litton, UNeMed Omaha, Neb. (August 24, 2015)—A swine flu H1N1...

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UNMC researchers receive $10 million grant to study...

July 24, 2014

by Vicky Cerino, UNMC OMAHA, Neb. (July 24, 2014)—Researchers at the...

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Antibiotic pipeline needs new ideas

June 6, 2013

by Charles Litton, UNeMed | June 6, 2013 Scientists, physicians and major media...

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