Amid a surge in drug-resistant bacteria, researchers believe they have discovered a new class of antibiotics, three decades since the last one came to market.

Acquired resistance genes may allow bacteria to degrade or chemically modify antibiotics, rendering them ineffective. They may also produce or upregulate efflux pumps, which actively transport ...

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

All living things change over time and they each start life different from their parents. This is because of random changes ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

A study shows continued increase in antibiotic resistance is not inevitable and offers new insights to help monitor drug ...

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 ...

Or is it? The "mar" network of genes was discovered and named in the context of multiple antibiotic resistance. At the same ...

A drug-resistant strain of A. baumannii is spreading in a Malaysian hospital, posing a global health threat due to its ...