Drug combinations: a strategy to extend the life of antibiotics in the 21st century

M Tyers, GD Wright - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance threatens a resurgence of life-threatening bacterial infections and
the potential demise of many aspects of modern medicine. Despite intensive drug discovery …

The physiology and genetics of bacterial responses to antibiotic combinations

R Roemhild, T Bollenbach, DI Andersson - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Several promising strategies based on combining or cycling different antibiotics have been
proposed to increase efficacy and counteract resistance evolution, but we still lack a deep …

A novel double‐crosslinking‐double‐network design for injectable hydrogels with enhanced tissue adhesion and antibacterial capability for wound treatment

L Wang, X Zhang, K Yang, YV Fu, T Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Most photocrosslinkable hydrogels have inadequacy in either mechanical performance or
biodegradability. This issue is addressed by adopting a novel hydrogel design by …

Effect of tolerance on the evolution of antibiotic resistance under drug combinations

J Liu, O Gefen, I Ronin, M Bar-Meir, NQ Balaban - Science, 2020 - science.org
Drug combinations are widely used in clinical practice to prevent the evolution of resistance.
However, little is known about the effect of tolerance, a different mode of survival, on the …

Antibiotic combinations reduce Staphylococcus aureus clearance

V Lázár, O Snitser, D Barkan, R Kishony - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The spread of antibiotic resistance is attracting increased attention to combination-based
treatments. Although drug combinations have been studied extensively for their effects on …

Distinguishing between resistance, tolerance and persistence to antibiotic treatment

A Brauner, O Fridman, O Gefen… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Antibiotic tolerance is associated with the failure of antibiotic treatment and the relapse of
many bacterial infections. However, unlike resistance, which is commonly measured using …

Fungicide resistance management: Maximizing the effective life of plant protection products

I Corkley, B Fraaije, N Hawkins - Plant Pathology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Effective crop protection is vital to safeguard food security, but growers are reliant on a
limited toolbox in the face of diverse and evolving pathogens. New crop protection methods …

Multidrug evolutionary strategies to reverse antibiotic resistance

M Baym, LK Stone, R Kishony - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Antibiotics are among the most important tools in medicine, but their efficacy
is threatened by the evolution of resistance. Since the earliest days of antibiotics, resistance …

Structure and dynamics of molecular networks: a novel paradigm of drug discovery: a comprehensive review

P Csermely, T Korcsmáros, HJM Kiss, G London… - Pharmacology & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite considerable progress in genome-and proteome-based high-throughput screening
methods and in rational drug design, the increase in approved drugs in the past decade did …

Silver enhances antibiotic activity against gram-negative bacteria

JR Morones-Ramirez, JA Winkler, CS Spina… - Science translational …, 2013 - science.org
A declining pipeline of clinically useful antibiotics has made it imperative to develop more
effective antimicrobial therapies, particularly against difficult-to-treat Gram-negative …