Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilize over time, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Sonja Lehtinen from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and ...

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

Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics, a type of drug - such as penicillin or ciprofloxacin - that kills or stops the growth of bacteria. When bacteria ...

Saccharin destabilizes bacterial membranes and interferes with DNA replication, causing lysis and impairing virulence traits. The sweetener also re-sensitizes multidrug-resistant pathogens to ...

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.

Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovers that fungus containing penicillin can destroy bacteria. Dr. Tilli Tansey explains Read her words 1940 An Oxford-based team of scientists under Howard ...

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