Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Physicians have relied on a class of antibiotics called polymyxins to fight potentially life-threatening Gram-negative bacterial infections for more than 80 years. These drugs are typically reserved ...

Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor say, "We're out of options." It may sound ...

Since the widespread use of penicillin to quell gangrene during the Second World War, we have been living in the so-called antibiotic era where we have managed to subdue microscopic bacterial invaders ...

Fiber is one of the key nutrients that supports a healthy gut microbiome. “Fiber basically acts as a prebiotic,” Passarella ...

From diagnostics to CRISPR and policy reform, explore how science and society are working together to combat the rising ...

While resistance is a natural evolutionary process, the review shows that human activity has dramatically intensified its ...