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"Moo-ving" Manure Beyond Drug-Resistant Bacteria

November 5, 2015

Researchers have been testing creative ways to target antimicrobial resistance genes in manure

Breast Cancer Drug Beats Superbug

October 14, 2015

Tamoxifen helps white blood cells clear multidrug-resistant bacteria in lab and mouse studies

Team Develops Speedy Way to Determine Antibiotic Resistance

September 3, 2015

Technique can sort antibiotic-resistant from “susceptible” bacteria, and it happens in a matter of minutes

Evolutionary War Between Microorganisms Affecting Human Health

August 4, 2015

Health experts have warned for years that the overuse of antibiotics is creating “superbugs” able to resist drugs...

Teaching an Old Drug to Maintain its Tricks

July 28, 2015

Wayne State to lead $4.8 million study that will help treat superbugs.

Drug-Resistant Bacteria Possess Natural Ability to Become Vulnerable to Antibiotics

July 14, 2015

Infections with one of the most troublesome and least understood antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” are increasing ...

Disabling Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

June 19, 2015

Dreaded bacterial-related diseases have killed untold numbers of humans over the centuries. Today, two million illnesses and ...

Antibiotic Use Can Be Cut Dramatically for Abdominal Infections, Trial Shows

June 16, 2015

In a finding important for preventing the development of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, researchers at the University of Vir...

Using Robots at Berkeley Lab, Scientists Assemble Promising Antimicrobial Compounds

June 3, 2015

There’s an urgent demand for new antimicrobial compounds that are effective against constantly emerging drug-resistant ...

Engineers Turn E. coli into Tiny Factories for Producing New Forms of Popular Antibiotic

June 1, 2015

Like a dairy farmer tending to a herd of cows to produce milk, researchers are tending to colonies of the bacteria Esche...

Vulnerability Found in Some Drug-Resistant Bacteria

May 30, 2015

Using a complex modeling program that helps analyze the physical dynamics of large, structurally complex protein molecules, a...

Bacterial Flora of Remote Tribespeople Carries Antibiotic Resistance Genes

April 20, 2015

Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had been...

Could Maple Syrup Help Cut Use of Antibiotics?

April 17, 2015

Syrup extract found to make antibiotics more effective against bacteria

Cigarette Smoke Makes Superbugs More Aggressive

April 6, 2015

In lab and mouse experiments, cigarette smoke helps drug-resistant bacteria fight off the immune system.

Scientists Figure out how C. Difficile Bacteria Wreak Havoc in the Gut

February 20, 2015

Study in mice could lead to better treatment and prevention for humans.

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria