{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"UNI EN","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en","author_name":"valentinadelgaudio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/author\/valentinadelgaudio\/","title":"Antibiotics impact gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistance","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AVWxQsghiQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/antibiotics-impact-gut-microbiome-and-antimicrobial-resistance\/\">Antibiotics impact gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistance<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/antibiotics-impact-gut-microbiome-and-antimicrobial-resistance\/embed\/#?secret=AVWxQsghiQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Antibiotics impact gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistance&#8221; &#8212; UNI EN\" data-secret=\"AVWxQsghiQ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display=\"none\";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement(\"a\"),a=d.createElement(\"a\"),s.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+=\"#?secret=\"+r,t.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:r},\"*\")}}}}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Placeholder_news.png","thumbnail_width":1500,"thumbnail_height":1125,"description":"Antibiotics are commonly used to treat infections and ensure the safety of surgical procedures. However, their overuse has led to the emergence and spread of resistant bacteria, resulting in an \u201carms race\u201d whereby ever more potent drugs are becoming a necessity. As antimicrobial resistance represents an ever-growing healthcare challenge worldwide, researchers from the\u00a0Systems Ecology research group\u00a0at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) and the Department of Life Sciences (DLSM) and from the\u00a0Molecular Disease Mechanisms group\u00a0at DLSM\u00a0explored the impact of antibiotic treatment on the microbial community inhabiting the gut of mice. Their results,\u00a0recently published in\u00a0Nature Communications, highlight that some bacteria are more likely to acquire antimicrobial resistance genes than others. The researchers also describe the key mechanisms involved in the short-term evolution of antibiotic resistance within the gut microbiome."}