A study published in Nature Communications has revealed novel insights into bacterial resistance and offers a promising ...
Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance Bacteria employ a variety of strategies to modify a bacterial component or process so that antibiotics can no longer stop their growth or kill them. One means is to ...
Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the immune system.
Antibiotics are chemicals produced by fungi that kill or prevent the growth of bacteria. Penicillin was the first antibiotic to be discovered. Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections ...
Ernest Gale in Cambridge, England, who was working on the penicillin mechanism, was an obvious choice to work for, but his lab was already full. At the urging of Oliver Lowry, the head of my new ...
Protein shuttling mechanism helps bacteria pump out antibiotics. ScienceDaily . Retrieved March 13, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 02 / 250212134508.htm ...
Scientists tested the antimicrobial properties of the proteasome's byproducts on laboratory-grown bacteria and in animal ...
Now that the mechanism has been identified, the researchers are using chemical and mechanical manipulations to disrupt the process, so that antibiotics can work unimpeded.