A compound extracted from a deep-water marine sponge collected near the Bahamas is showing potent antibacterial activity against the drug resistant bacteria MRSA

UCLA biologists identify drug combinations that may be highly effective at reducing growth of deadly bacteria

Large study finds machines that emit the UV light can cut transmission of four major super bugs by a cumulative 30 percent

The ancient remedy artemisinin stopped the ability of TB-causing bacteria, known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, to become dorman

There is no vaccine currently available for salmonella poisoning

Newly discovered molecular mechanisms show how bacteria manage to survive antibiotic treatment and cause chronic and recurrent infections

The recent research also offers new information for a cure

This suggests that the evolutionary pressure to conserve these resistance genes has existed for millions of years—not just since antibiotics were first used to treat disease

It seems plausible that drug-resistant bacteria from an individual traveler could be transferred to inanimate surfaces and then picked up by others but studying and quantifying this is fraught with problem

The research project is funded with a $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is leading a national initiative to combat drug-resistant organisms