Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician's backyard. The ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acute phase of an infection, or to reduce the likelihood of complications after ...

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

Inside every human cell, a molecular machine quietly shreds damaged proteins to keep life running smoothly. Researchers have ...

Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long warned that we are facing an antibiotic crisis. Bacteria can easily adapt, evolve, ...

Attempts to combat growing antibiotic resistance among potentially deadly bacteria have ranged from the basics, such as improving stewardship practices in healthcare settings and agriculture, to the ...

Recent research results from the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön (MPI) suggest that rapid switching of antibiotics during the treatment of a patient could successfully counteract ...

Antidepressants may drive bacteria to develop resistance against antibiotics, despite being a completely different class of drugs, a new study finds. This effect was only observed in petri dishes, so ...

Dealing with an infection isn't as straightforward as simply killing the pathogen. The body also needs to carefully steer and ...

A daily cup of coffee could be blunting the effects of certain antibiotic treatments, according to a new study analyzing the reaction of Escherichia coli bacteria to caffeine. The international team ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has highlighted the severe threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to humanity, urging experts ...