Warning: Commonly Used Antibiotics May Lead to Heart Problems
Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics….
Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics….
New, more effective antibiotics are being prescribed in only about a quarter of infections by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a family of the world’s most intractable…
The human body produces many antimicrobial peptides that help the immune system fend off infection. Scientists hoping to harness these peptides as potential antibiotics have…
With aid of computer algorithm, researchers develop peptides more powerful than those found in nature. During the past several years, many strains of bacteria have…
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Nosopharm, a biotechnology company based in Lyon, France, are part of an international team reporting on…
A “game-changing” new antibiotic which is capable of killing superbugs has been successfully synthesized and used to treat an infection for the first time —…
Antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas infections in cystic fibrosis patients show predictable sensitivities to other classes of antibiotics. A new study made by scientists from the Novo Nordisk…
Got a sore throat? The doctor may write a quick prescription for penicillin or amoxicillin, and with the stroke of a pen, help diminish public…
Scientists at MIT have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and are…
Scientists from ITMO University and Center of Physical and Chemical Medicine developed an algorithm capable of tracking the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in gut…
Scientists at the Wyss Institute used synthetic biology techniques to discover that bacteria respond to antibiotics very differently — exactly opposite, in fact — inside…
A newly developed method allows researchers to learn more about how existing antibiotics work and potentially help them to develop new drugs. MIT and Harvard…
Deadly to targeted bacteria, engineered particles known as phagemids have been created to fight bacterial infections with great effectiveness while eliminating harmful side effects of…
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have developed a new mathematical model to help predict the optimal dosing of antibiotics. Although antibiotics were…
New research from the University of Minnesota reveals a three-way link among antibiotic use in infants, changes in the gut bacteria, and disease later in…
A newly published study details how a team of researchers returned drug-resistant bacteria to a pre-resistant state. Biologist Miriam Barlow of the University of California,…
By engineering artificial nanoparticles made of lipids, scientists have developed a treatment for bacterial infections without using antibiotics. Scientists from the University of Bern have…
Scientists from Yale University have discovered that an antifreeze protein in ticks that kicks in during winter can also fight infection, possibly leading to a…