Coates, Anthony R. M.

Overcoming resistance through novel drug targets [electronic resource] / Anthony Coates. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2009. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (26 min.) : color, sound). - Antibiotic resistance : from genes to global prevalence, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Antibiotic resistance : from genes to global prevalence. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: Urgent need for new antibiotics -- Why are so few antibiotics reaching the market -- Pharmaceutical companies leaving the research arena -- Targets -- Bacterial molecules (genomics) -- Problems with the genomic approach -- Bacteriophage -- Treatments and problems with bacteriophages -- Whole bacteria -- Conventional multiplying bacteria -- Non-culturable bacteria -- Non-multiplying bacteria -- Tuberculosis, bacterial endocarditis, catheter infections and prosthesis infections -- Ways of making new antibiotics against whole live bacteria -- Potential advantages and problems of making new antibiotics which kill non-multiplying and multiplying bacteria -- Standardization.

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