Antibiotics

Biologists are trying to uncover what may be preventing Streptomyces from producing desirable compounds

Scientists engineer a copper-containing polymer that greatly boosts the antimicrobial activity of hydrogen peroxide

Antibiotics exploit a vulnerability that arises in tumor cells when they try to survive cancer therapy

Bacterial enzyme known as Lit is suspected to play a "stealthy" role in reducing the immune response

New tool reveals bacterial weaknesses and could lead to more targeted or new treatments for bacterial infections

Overuse of antibiotics in humans has led to several microbes developing antibiotic resistance; researchers explore if this is also true of antibiotics used on crops

Scientists develop new surface disinfection technology that allows users to kill bacteria and raise healthy chickens with lower doses of antibiotics 

Research from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology could lead to new antibiotics

Discovery marks the first report of a specialized metabolite with broad geographic distribution produced by ant-associated bacteria

Such bacteria may stem from improper disposal of medicines, but also from the biotechnology field, which has depended on antibiotics as a selection device in the lab