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

Cornell researchers have identified a key protein mechanism that helps bacteria expel antibiotics, making them more resistant ...

The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.

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While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing ...

Tuberculosis is a serious global health threat that infected more than 10 million people in 2022. Spread through the air and into the lungs, the pathogen that causes "TB" can lead to chronic cough, ...

Jumbo phages use a protein shield to protect their DNA from bacterial attacks. A special handshake controls which molecules enter.

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

UCSF scientists are taking the first steps toward creating a new type of antibiotic that uses an unusual virus to defeat ...

One of the most important medical advancements in the 20 th century was the discovery of antibiotics. The first antibiotic was introduced in 1910 and radically changed modern medicine, according to ...

Complementary discoveries have the potential to enhance treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers at the University of Illinois have made complementary discoveries that enhanc ...

Researchers from the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged (Hungary), have made a concerning discovery about the future of antibiotics. Two recent studies, published just days apart in Nature ...