Researchers have put chemistry to work on a simple, inexpensive way to identify counterfeit antibiotics—a serious problem in the developing world

Substandard and falsified medicines, including medicines to treat malaria, are a serious problem in much of the world

Researchers have found that a thin membrane, thought to be just a shrink wrap around some bacterial cell walls, has structural properties critical for survival. 

Chemically enhanced phage display proves capable of recognizing specific strains of bacterial pathogens

Newly discovered antibiotic binds to ribosome, disrupts protein synthesis

The antibiotic cocktail produced by bacteria did not change very much over the course of its evolution and its antipathogenic effect remained unaltered

To deal with the bacteria that cause diseases, some ants produce their own antibiotics

Biologists at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a method for rapidly screening hundreds of thousands of potential drugs for fighting infection

Labs at Duke and other academic centers collaborate to identify alternatives to antibiotics

Tuberculosis could be fought more effectively with future drugs—thanks to new research into an old antibiotic by University of Warwick and Francis Crick Institute