In parts of Europe, some strains of the latest superbug are already resistant to all known antibiotics – but researchers don’t yet know how it is spreading internationally When Dr Jean Lee c... Read more
A small, black box developed in a McMaster University lab could change the way scientists search for new antibiotics. The Printed Fluorescence Imaging Box – or PFIbox, for short – is capable... Read more
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 North Carolina State University have synthesized an analog of lipoxazolidinone A, a small molecule that is effective against drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA. This molec... Read more
A team of scientists from La Trobe University has shown a protein found in a tobacco plant has the potential to fight life-threatening infectious diseases The scientific discovery, published... Read more
Scientists unravel the structure of common bacterial wall-building protein, setting stage for new antibacterial therapies The wall that surrounds bacteria to shield them from external assaul... Read more
A team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, led by Professor Ryan Donnelly, Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology are developing a new type of skin patch (microarray patch) that... Read more
In search of new strategies against life-threatening tuberculosis infections, a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), as well as Harvard University and Texas A&M University... Read more
Antibiotics are commonly used around the world to cure diseases caused by bacteria. But as the World Health Organization and other international bodies have pointed out, the global increase... Read more
Researchers from North Carolina State University have engineered designer biosensors that can detect antibiotic molecules of interest. The biosensors are a first step toward creating antibio... Read more
Study reveals how specific gene and intestinal bacteria work together Keeping the immune system in balance is no small feat. It must remain keenly alert to spot and disarm foreign invaders a... Read more
A new kind of antibacterial surface that prevents infections and reduces our reliance on antibiotics
By some estimates, bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics – so-called superbugs – will cause more deaths than cancer by 2050. Colorado State University biomedical and chemistry research... Read more
CANCER stem cells, which fuel the growth of fatal tumours, can be knocked out by a one-two combination of antibiotics and Vitamin C in a new experimental strategy, published by researchers a... Read more
Yale chemists forge a new path in the search for antibiotics The discovery comes at a time when more types of bacteria are becoming resistant to existing antibiotics, increasing the occurren... Read more
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have given new superpowers to a lifesaving antibiotic called vancomycin, an advance that could eliminate the threat of antibiotic-resistan... Read more
