These new compounds are some of the only new class of antibiotics to join the market recently as human therapeutics

Antibiotics work in different ways, but some can attack the very basic process of making new proteins in bacterial cells

Discovery could lead to new antibacterial agents and drugs to combat toxins

Researchers develop a complete enzymatic platform for making ß-lactone peptides from simple starting materials

Researchers have discovered a way to structurally modify vancomycin to make an already-powerful version of the antibiotic even more potent

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

New approach can transform gram-positive antibiotics to drugs that can also kill gram-negative microbes

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

Scientists found that a common antibiotic cleared out beneficial gut bacteria in the bees, making way for a harmful pathogen, which also occurs in humans, to get a foothold

New national study suggests communities are growing source of infection