Mechanisms of Drugs and Drug Resistance
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Toxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2018)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Alzheimer's disease; yeast models; ageing; stress responses; drug mechanisms; drug resistance; microbial genomics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ability of microbes to exist in large populations with inevitable heterogeneity constantly arising means that there is capacity for mutants resistant to drugs to reproduce during drug treatments, overcoming individuals undergoing drug treatment. These mutants can further spread throughout the population. In the face of such widespread antimicrobial resistance, new defence solutions are urgently needed.
This Special Issue will examine new drugs and new strategies for dealing with microbial threats. We welcome articles on new drugs, new ways of applying drugs and entirely new approaches, including bacteriophage and competing microbe therapies.
Prof. Ian Macreadie
Dr. John Merlino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobials
- competitive microbes
- antimicrobial development
- antimicrobial mechanisms
- antimicrobial resistance
- molecular targeting
- phage therapy
