Bacteria can sneakily evade our best efforts at eradication by developing resistance to various pressures in their ...

By isolating resistant microbes from wastewater, scientists found that curcumin and emodin could slow their growth in the lab ...

Imagine you develop an infection -- anything from a typical urinary tract infection to tuberculosis. Now imagine there's nothing doctors can do. The discovery of antibiotics changed medicine in the ...

Once seen as a lasting medical breakthrough, antibiotics are steadily losing their effectiveness. Around the world, ...

The antibiotic resistance battle has been going on for years, and unfortunately, bacteria, especially multidrug-resistant organisms, continue to make a formidable enemy. In addition, the scope of the ...

Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, saving countless lives by treating previously fatal bacterial infections with ease. Yet today, their power is in serious jeopardy. Every year in the United ...

Earthworms could become unexpected allies in the global fight against antibiotic resistance, by helping farmers turn manure ...

A new technique which slashes the time taken to diagnose microbial infections from days to minutes could help save lives and ...

Attempts to combat growing antibiotic resistance among potentially deadly bacteria have ranged from the basics, such as improving stewardship practices in healthcare settings and agriculture, to the ...

Tiny molecular scaffolding that joins molecules together could be the key to our battle against antibiotic resistance. Research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters shows that carbon ...

Antimicrobial resistance has become a major concern in recent years. According to studies, approximately 1.1 million deaths each year are linked to bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs.[1] The ...

In hospitals across world, doctors are witnessing a nightmare they were never trained to face — infections that refuse to yield, no matter the medicine. A feverish child gasping through pneumonia that ...