antimicrobial Content / antimicrobial Content for 麻豆传媒 en One Health in Action: Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance /one-health-in-action-amr <p>Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), as defined by the <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/antimicrobial-resistance">World Health Organization</a>, 鈥渙ccurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change in ways that render the medications used to cure the infections they cause ineffective.鈥� AMR is broader than <a href="https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antibiotic-resistance">Antibiotic Resistance</a>, which is limited specifically to bacteria that mutate in response to antibiotics, rendering the antibiotics ineffective.</p> November 24, 2020 - 11:57am Eunah Cho Preston /one-health-in-action-amr Raw Milk May Do More Harm Than Good /food/news/raw-milk-may-do-more-harm-good <p>Raw or unpasteurized cows鈥� milk from U.S. retail stores can hold a huge amount of antimicrobial-resistant genes if left at room temperature, according to a <a href="https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-020-00861-6">new study</a> from researchers at the University of California, Davis. The study also found bacteria that harbored antimicrobial-resistant genes can transfer them to other bacteria, potentially spreading resistance if consumed. The study was published in the journal Microbiome.</p> June 29, 2020 - 10:00am Amy M Quinton /food/news/raw-milk-may-do-more-harm-good Common Antiseptic Ingredients De-Energize Cells and Impair Hormone Response /news/common-antiseptic-ingredients-de-energize-cells-and-impair-hormone-response <p>A new in-vitro study by University of California, Davis, researchers indicates that quaternary ammonium compounds, or 鈥渜uats,鈥� used as antimicrobial agents in common household products inhibit mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell, as well as estrogenic functions in cells. Their findings&nbsp;appear online today (Aug. 22) in <em>Environmental Health Perspectives</em>, a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.</p> August 22, 2017 - 2:42pm Kimberly L Hale /news/common-antiseptic-ingredients-de-energize-cells-and-impair-hormone-response