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

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

A key to antibiotic resistance might be the use of viruses to kill bacteria, however, the systems that bacteria employ to defense themselves against viruses are unknown. Understanding these systems ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in the ...

In the 20th century, when a routine infection was treated with a standard antibiotic, recovery was expected. But over time, ...

When exposed to antibiotics, approximately one out of every 10 8 -10 9 bacteria develops resistance due to spontaneous ...

Even better, they discovered that lariocidin—named for its knotted, lasso-like chemical structure—has a unique mechanism of ...

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.

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Vienna have discovered a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets ...