Researchers report how Paenibacillus avoids harm by its own antibiotic — information that is crucial for developing new drug ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance a “silent pandemic” affecting millions worldwide. But the threat ...

Earthworms remove 70-95 percent of antibiotic resistance genes from farm manure, making safer fertilizer for crops.

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Microbiologist Karin Hjort discusses what heteroresistance is and how it could change the way we treat bacterial infections. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

Antibiotics (ABs) are among the most used pharmaceutical drugs worldwide, as they are currently the most effective medicines ...

Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These dangerous pathogens are already thought to contribute to the deaths of over 4 million people every year, worldwide. The ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...

The paper argues that glaciers can store antibiotic resistance genes for long periods and that climate-driven melting may ...