Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, ...

Keeney said Debio1452 falls into a much-needed class of drugs that narrowly target gram-positive bacteria like multidrug-resistant S. aureus. Historically, antibiotics have been designed to kill off ...

which is known to rapidly evolve resistance to antibiotics. The friendly viruses, known as bacteriophages (phages), are viruses that selectively target and kill their host bacteria, playing a ...

These cell walls protect the fragile interior that contains the DNA and essential proteins that bacteria use to reproduce asexually. Antibiotics often work in one of three ways: Antibiotics kill ...

In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics commonly used to treat infections.

(CNN) — By being an excellent host for slimy biofilms created by bacteria to protect themselves from attack, microplastics may be contributing to the proliferation of dangerous antibiotic ...

diff to infect the superbug, which is known to rapidly evolve resistance to antibiotics. The friendly viruses, known as bacteriophages (phages), are viruses that selectively target and kill their host ...