Kirk Hevener

Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Scientist, Pharmacy Professor, Infectious Disease Researcher

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Another blow to infectious disease drug discovery in industry. This company had Orbactiv, Vabomere, Baxdela, and Minocin and still went bankrupt. https://t.co/h2R0l61vgg

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Cefiderocol Approved by FDA for cUTI https://t.co/8qVEs3mAnc

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For my health-care friends - VMT (vaginal microbiome transplantation) is thing now. Similar concept to FMT for C. difficile.

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It seems children who had measles often catch other infections after measles. The authors call it 'Immunological Amnesia' (which is now my favorite science term of the week...). One more reason (as if there aren't enough...) to get that vaccination. https://t.co/sPnq7NXVeK

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2 down...one to go. https://t.co/twq4DhNoLN

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This makes me wonder if we'll eventually get to a point where we can individualize a person's microbiome at birth. https://t.co/3yCCxWrLZG

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Two Memphis burgers make the list - #95 E&H Soul Burger and #88 Roxie Burger. The people have spoken, Stephanie J Phelps.

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I liked this article so much I decided to write a piece on it (and by that I mean I made a student write a piece on it....). https://t.co/9vmkHs5mYf

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Big win for @TBAlliance today. Congrats! https://t.co/hYc7TBxtQQ

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A somewhat misleading title, since the FDA inspectors in these cases caught them every time, but it makes you wonder how much is going un-noticed. Scary stuff. https://t.co/BiYiOZhfWV

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Somebody needs to do something about these coked up birds. Real public health crisis if you ask me. https://t.co/7dgERfwhx8

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Tried the Mot & Ed's 'stuffed burger' today on my continuing quest to see if any burger in Memphis can beat E&H's soul burger. Pretty dang good, definitely come back...but still favor the soul burger. (Side note -... https://t.co/7FXMsXYXLH

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Bacteria from the genus Veillonella boost athletic performance. It seems these bugs consume exercise produced lactate (per the analysis of marathon runner stool samples...would have hated to be that grad student...💩).... https://t.co/4W9wIeqPG9

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FDA Approves Imipenem/Cilastatin + Relebactam https://t.co/w2xSYdZ6YN

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Nathan Bedford Forrest back in the news again in TN after the Gov signs a declaration yesterday making it NBF Day. People talking about how he was a slave trader and KKK Grand Wizard...others about how he was a brilliant cavalry general. Well...add... https://t.co/ey8D3K81dN

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I've always got a kick out of inorganic medicinal chemistry - metals in medicines. This is a very nice review article on the medical use of silver. Sadly, the authors left out a critical statement: "The... https://t.co/kKDp72IY5E

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Here's an interesting article showing that gut bacteria play a significant role in how well an oral drug works and that they can metabolize some drugs before they're even absorbed. Pharmacomicrobiomics. Pretty cool. (New... https://t.co/WlF8WcEUwM

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Chinese medicine to gain WHO acceptance but it has many critics https://t.co/HSY4p3IR6Q

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FDA undercuts $375,000 drug in surprise move https://t.co/MLCWaL9Owm

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Now dammit, this is how you get zombies. https://t.co/JFpJzNlb6p