The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome ...

Certain antibiotic-resistant infections could be treated with precision medicine in the future, thanks to a new resource mapping plasmids the ultimate vehicle of rapid bacterial evolution.

While the health effects of artificial sweeteners are still up for debate, a new study suggests they might also be a ...

The proteasome is a microscopic barrel-shaped machine found in every cell of the human body. For decades, scientists only ...

In one experiment on the spirochete linked to gum ... helping to address the challenge that disease-causing bacteria are developing resistance to today’s common antibiotics. “While bacterial motility ...

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria evolve and develop resistance ... By conducting a series of biochemical and structural experiments, they found that lariocidin is capable of killing ...

The drug, called gepotidacin, works by preventing bacteria from replicating ... to treat as they become increasingly more resistant to existing antibiotics. The CDC currently recommends providers ...

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for ...

For millions of years, frogs have flourished in microbial swamps yet rarely falling ill. To survive these hostile environments, they evolved potent chemical defenses. Now, scientists are learning to ...

Antibiotics may have saved countless lives, but overuse and misuse have led to the rise of superbugs that are bacteria-resistant to the most powerful medications. Superbugs are associated with ...