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Antibiotic Resistance Rises in 'Lonely' Mutating Microbes

August 28, 2017

Recent study shows individual microbes—such as bacteria—found in denser microbial populations mutate much le...

New Study Links Antibiotic Resistance to Common Household Disinfectant Triclosan

July 4, 2017

Researchers made the unexpected finding that bacteria that mutated to become resistant to quinolone antibiotics also became m...

A New Approach to Battle Drug-Resistant Bacteria

June 22, 2017

Previous research has shown that pairing antibiotics can be more effective than using single drugs, but finding these perfect...

Scientists Solve 30-Year Old Mystery on How Resistance Genes Spread

June 19, 2017

Scientists have revealed that certain disease-causing bacteria get their resistance genes in a complex process involving bact...

New Antibiotic Packs a Punch against Bacterial Resistance

May 30, 2017

Researchers have discovered a way to structurally modify vancomycin to make an already-powerful version of the antibiotic eve...

A Possible Alternative to Antibiotics

May 23, 2017

Technion researchers demonstrate high effectiveness of a combination of metals and organic acids in eradicating bacteria...

Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes Date Back to 450 MYA, Well before the Age of Dinosaurs

May 15, 2017

Survival of mass extinctions helps to explain near indestructible properties of hospital "superbugs"

Scientists Studying How to Disrupt Bacteria to Treat Infections

April 14, 2017

Goal is to lessen the reliance on antibiotics

No More 'Superbugs'? Maple Syrup Extract Enhances Antibiotic Action

April 3, 2017

Researchers may have found a natural way to cut down on antibiotic use without sacrificing health

New TB Drug Candidates Developed from Soil Bacteria

March 2, 2017

TB bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to treatments—more than 250,000 deaths in 2015 from drug-resistant infe...

Antibiotic Resistance: A Burgeoning Problem for Kids Too

February 28, 2017

New national study suggests communities are growing source of infection

Novel Amyloid Structure Could Lead to New Types of Antibiotics

February 27, 2017

Research could advance the discovery of antibiotics with a novel mechanism of action that will attack key bacterial toxins....

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Fight Against Superbug

February 17, 2017

Research team unveils the molecular mechanisms preventing the treatment of klebsiella pneumonia

Marine Sponge May Provide Antibacterial Solutions for MRSA

February 9, 2017

A compound extracted from a deep-water marine sponge collected near the Bahamas is showing potent antibacterial activity agai...

New Study Is an Advance toward Preventing a 'Post-Antibiotic Era'

February 8, 2017

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

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria