Recent news on Kanamycin

New Report Studies the Advances that Have Open Up New Avenues in ...  -  May 23, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Design, Chemical Synthesis, and Antibacterial Activity of Kanamycin and Neomycin Class Aminoglycoside Antibiotics (Jinhua Wang and Cheng-Wei Tom Chang).

TB that developed resistance to every drug kills two in Italy  -  May 21, 2007
Aidsmap,...well as any drug from the flouroquinolone class, and any of the three injectable drugs used to treat tuberculosis; capreomycin, kanamycin and amikacin.

International Approvals: Focetria, Zetia, Gleevec  -  May 14, 2007
Medscape (subscription)...such as eggs, chicken protein, kanamycin or neomycin sulfate, formaldehyde, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and polysorbate 90.

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis—United States, 1993-2006  -  May 1, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...resistance to any fluoroquinolone, and resistance to at least one second-line injectable drug (amikacin, capreomycin, or kanamycin).

EFSA panel reconfirms opinion on nptII plant gene safety  -  Apr 17, 2007
Truth about Trade & Technology,The nptII gene (neomycin phosphototransferase II) provides resistance to certain antibiotics, such as the aminoglycosides kanamycin, neomycin and geneticin,

Increasing Resistance to Quinolones and Expanded-Spectrum ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
DG News94% vs 94%), tetracycline (93% vs 93%) and chloramphenicol (69% vs 70%) were confirmed, along with the lower resistant rate to kanamycin (about 30%).

New Application Note Reveals Wyatt Technology’s MALS Instrument  -  Apr 5, 2007
BioResearch Online (press release),...the constructs FIP2 were co-transformed into BL21 cells and over-expressed in 2xYT media supplemented with 100 mg/ml ampicillin and 30 mg/ml kanamycin

WHO to help SA fight deadly new TB strain  -  Apr 4, 2007
Business Day,These include fluoroquinolones, kanamycin, amikacin and capreomycin. XDR-TB strains are resistant to first-line and some second-line drugs,

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Xdr-Tb): The Facts  -  Mar 29, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),XDR-TB is due to bacteria that are resistant to any fluoroquinolone, and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs (capreomycin, kanamycin and

Doctoral student proves deafness is no obstacle  -  Mar 28, 2007
People's Daily Online,The doctor gave her an injection of kanamycin, an antibiotic that can cause deafness if used improperly. The doctor gave her an adult dosage, destroying her

Eastern Cape is giving XDR-TB drugs  -  Feb 13, 2007
Independent Online,The other drugs being used in the fight against the diseases are: Amikacin, Kanamycin, Ofloxacin, and Dapsone. The department also denied reports of at

The curse of ignorance  -  Feb 4, 2007
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),Mukhtar was accordingly put on more strong anti-TB drugs which included Cyclosporin, Kanamycin and Ofloxicin. Surprisingly these drugs did not show the

New TB bacteria resistant to many drugs  -  Dec 26, 2006
The Daily Yomiuri,XDR-TB is said to be resistant to more than three of the six kinds of second-line drugs, such as kanamycin. While 2 percent of TB patients in the world are

Can anything stop the superbug?  -  Jan 17, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...rifampicin but also to any fluoroquinolone and at least one of the remaining injectable drugs to treat the disease: capreomycin, kanamycin and amikacin.

Bristol schedules job cuts  -  Jan 4, 2007
Syracuse Post Standard,This round of layoffs affects workers involved in the production of two antibiotics, kanamycin and amikacin, Brunet said. Although production continues

Definition of killer TB strain is updated worldwide  -  Dec 20, 2006
The South African Star (subscription),...and rifampin plus resistant to any fluoroquinolone |and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs (amikacin, kanamycin, or capreomycin).

New TB bacteria resistant to many drugs  -  26 Dec 2006
The Daily Yomiuri,XDR-TB is said to be resistant to more than three of the six kinds of second-line drugs, such as kanamycin. While 2 percent of TB patients in the world are

Notice to Readers: Revised Definition of Extensively Drug ...  -  Dec 19, 2006
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...and rifampin plus resistant to any fluoroquinolone and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs (ie, amikacin, kanamycin, or capreomycin).

The curse of ignorance  -  Dec 7, 2006
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),Mukhtar was accordingly put on stronger anti-TB drugs which included Cyclosporine, Kanamycin and Ofloxicin. Surprisingly these drugs did not show the

Ear drops: Are they safe  -  Dec 5, 2006
Newindpress (subscription),It became known that when aminoglycosides, including streptomycin, dihydrostreptomycin, kanamycin, gentamycin, neomycin, tobramycine, netilmycin and

Searching for unintended compositional changes in GE potatoes  09 Nov 2006
...c) GE tubers derived from transformation with an ‘empty vector’, ie, no specific target gene included (with the exception of the kanamycin resistance gene ... -Checkbiotech.org (press release), US: genetically engineered plums may not find a willing market  Sep 18, 2006
...(Plum cells and tissues in which the genetic modification didn't "take" die when exposed to the kanamycin antibiotic and fail to turn blue in the presence of ... -FreshPlaza

The curse of ignorance  -  Dec 7, 2006
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),Mukhtar was accordingly put on stronger anti-TB drugs which included Cyclosporine, Kanamycin and Ofloxicin. Surprisingly these drugs did not show the

Ear drops: Are they safe  -  Dec 5, 2006
Newindpress (subscription),It became known that when aminoglycosides, including streptomycin, dihydrostreptomycin, kanamycin, gentamycin, neomycin, tobramycine, netilmycin and

Anti-tuberculosis drugs  -  Nov 21, 2006
Newindpress (subscription),2) Second line or reserve anti-tuberculosis drugs - Kanamycin, Cycloserine, Ethionamide, Ciprofloxacin, Ofloxacin, Para-amino salicylic acid (PAS),

Doctors Warn of Powerful and Resistant Tuberculosis Strain  Aug 17, 2006
...found tuberculosis bacteria resistant to all first- and second-line drugs, including isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, streptomycin, kanamycin and ciprofloxacin ... -New York Times

Deadly TB strain kills HIV patients  Aug 18, 2006
...is resistant to all first-line and second-line treatments, Gandhi said, including Isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, streptomycin, kanamycin and ciprofloxacin ... -United Press International

IAC: Resistant TB Strain Kills South African HIV-Patients Within ...  Aug 18, 2006
...said. The strain is resistant to Isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, streptomycin, kanamycin and Cipro (ciprofloxacin). Spoligotyping ... -MedPage Today



Study: Antibiotic ban reduces incidence of drug resistance  Apr 18, 2006
...per cent), nalidixic acid (six per cent), chloramphenicol (three per cent), pererythromycin (three per cent), gentamicin (two per cent), and kanamycin (0.2 per ... - FoodProductionDaily-USA





Adjuvant resectional surgery improves cure rates in multidrug ...  Mar 8, 2006
...drugs). In all cases one parenteral drug was used, either amikacin or kanamycin, or, if resistance was found to these, capreomycin. ... - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery



GM potato no threat to health, says EFSA  Feb 28, 2006
...modifies the physical properties of the starch. A gene conferring kanamycin resistance (nptII) was used as a selectable marker. - FoodQualityNews.com,

Possible health aspects of horizontal transfer of microbial ...  Feb 7, 2006
Only antibiotic resistance genes that fall into the first category of this scheme, such as the kanamycin resistance gene nptII, are recommended to be allowed ... - Checkbiotech.org,

Possible health aspects of horizontal transfer of microbial ...  Feb 7, 2006
Only antibiotic resistance genes that fall into the first category of this scheme, such as the kanamycin resistance gene nptII, are recommended to be allowed ... - Checkbiotech.org

Caution urged on GMOs  Jan 12, 2006
Malta objected to this product because it was noted that it contained a gene conferring resistance to the antibiotic “kanamycin�, which is still in use in ... - Malta Independent

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