A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria may provide a new way to treat the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in... Read more
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in targeting and killing a single bacterial species (E. coli) without causing harm to the surrounding community of commensal bact... Read more
A naturally occurring predatory bacterium can work with the immune system to clear multi-drug resistant Shigella infections in zebrafish. It is the first time the predatory bacterium Bdellov... Read more
In what is being heralded as a groundbreaking discovery, scientists led by Monash and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher, Thomas Naderer and James Vince, have shown that drugs, origi... Read more
Since prehistoric times, clays have been used by people for medicinal purposes. Whether by eating it, soaking in a mud bath, or using it to stop bleeding from wounds, clay has long been part... Read more
Washington State University researchers for the first time have discovered how electrical stimulation works for the treatment of bacterial infections, paving the way for a viable alternative... Read more
“The mechanism that PPMOs use to kill bacteria is revolutionary” Researchers at Oregon State University and other institutions today announced the successful use of a new type of antibacteri... Read more