Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce. Eventually, ...

Worried about gut health while taking antibiotics? Doctor shares the best foods to eat to restore good bacteria, support ...

Texas A&M researchers have found that curcumin, when activated by light, can weaken antibiotic-resistant bacteria, restoring ...

"Under nutrient-scarce conditions, bacteria grow very slowly," says Bumann. "This may seem good at first, but is actually a problem because most antibiotics only gradually kill slowly growing ...

The focus on killing bacteria in a test tube is misguided for three reasons. First, antibiotics can save lives even if they kill only most bacteria, not all of them. The human immune system does ...

Antibiotics literally means against life. But antibiotics are specifically used for killing bacteria and other microorganisms or for inhibiting their growth, without harming human cells.

The conventional wisdom on why some antibiotics don’t work rests on the concept of persistence. A small subset of bacteria sometimes hides out and escapes the effects of the drugs meant to kill them.

But they can leave the patient with nausea, diarrhea or an upset stomach. That’s because antibiotics kill bacteria indiscriminately. They eradicate the malicious bugs causing illness and the ...