Scientists have discovered how a diarrhea-causing strain of bacteria uses 'molecular scissors' to cut open and destroy gut cells, leading to severe illness and sometimes death.

Could a gene regulatory network in gut microbes have evolved its elaborate and tightly regulated molecular machinery only to pump out antibiotics indiscriminately? Researchers show this is an ...

They discovered that XHA greatly outperformed PVA, delivering 2.4 times more exposure for cefazolin and 4.2 times more for ...

Researchers at Penn recently discovered antibiotics derived from the secretions of frogs that can effectively kill bacteria ...

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

For millions of years, frogs have flourished in microbial swamps yet rarely falling ill. To survive these hostile ...

An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant. The new ...

They found a new molecule named lariocidin —a potential new antibiotic with the power to kill some of the world’s most ...

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

Lariocidin is a newly discovered antibiotic from soil bacteria. It targets the bacterial ribosome, defeating resistant ...