Latest Tetracycline Stories

Joint Statement From Consumers Union, Food & Water Watch, and The Center for Food Safety. Portland, Ore. (PRWEB) April 12, 2013 Yesterday, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) rejected a petition to extend the expiration date for the use of oxytetracycline to treat fire blight in apple and pear production beyond October 21, 2014. The decision is a victory for the organic standard and advances efforts to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics. The vote came after a long and...

Following an article published by Medical News Today which reports on using a virus to treat breakouts, Probiotic Action weighs in on the use of alternative means for combating acne. (PRWEB) February 27, 2013 On Feb 27, 2013, acne treatment company, Probiotic Action, comments on UCLA and University of Pittsburgh’s suggestion of a natural virus living on our skin being used to treat acne breakouts. According to Medical News Today, scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles...

Prestigious laboratory validates Charm Sciences’ MRLBLRFTET2 test for detection of beta-lactam and tetracycline at levels for import to Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. Lawrence, MA (PRWEB) January 08, 2013 The Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO-T&V, Belgium) issued a report stating that Charm Sciences’ MRLBLRFTET2 test is appropriate for screening raw, commingled, bovine milk meant for import by Customs Union countries, which currently includes Russia,...

BOSTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/-- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Dennis Molnar, formerly Paratek's Vice President, Corporate Development, has been appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, succeeding former CEO Thomas J. Bigger, following his resignation earlier this year. In addition, Evan Loh, MD, former senior R&D executive at Pfizer and Wyeth and who led regulatory approval for the antibiotic Tygacil®, has joined the Company as Chief...

Antibiotic commonly used in animal production passes from father to son in pseudoscorpions In a paper published in Nature's open access journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer significantly reduced sperm viability and pass this toxic effect on to their untreated sons. They suggest a similar effect could occur in humans and other species. A pseudoscorpion, whose scientific...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- pharmaCline's Diabecline® antibiotic ointment (SSPT® Tetracycline) received the Bronze Award for 2012 Best New Pharmaceutical Product at the 25th Annual Edison Awards in New York City. pharmaCline joined some of the world's most well known corporations at the New York Academy of Sciences, which hosted the Edison Awards Innovation Showcase and Forum. The subsequent Awards Gala event acknowledged the hard work, innovation and commitment...

Greatly reduced sperm viability caused by tetracycline passes from father to son in pseudoscorpions In a paper published today in Nature's open access journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer significantly reduced sperm viability and pass this toxic effect on to their untreated sons. They suggest that a similar effect could occur in humans and other species. "This is the...

BOSTON, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has reached agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its second Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) related to the Phase 3 program design for the Company's lead antibiotic candidate, omadacycline (formerly PTK 0796). Omadacycline is a broad-spectrum, first-in-class aminomethylcycline antibiotic with oral and IV formulations that Paratek is developing to address the leading...

For more than a decade, Dr. Susan Rosenberg, professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, has solidified her premise that when cells are under stress, the rate of gene changes called mutations goes up, a finding that has implications for a wide variety of biological phenomena "“ from evolution to antibiotic resistance and cancer.In a report that appears online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, she and her colleagues not only show that...

The prolonged use of tetracycline antibiotics commonly used to treat acne was associated with a reduced prevalence of StaphylococcuS. aureus bacteria and was not associated with increased resistance to the tetracycline antibiotics, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the August print issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.StaphylococcuS. aureus is found in both hospital and community settings. "While S. aureus colonizes the skin, it...