A single β-lactam exposure rapidly drives stable multidrug resistance in RecA-deficient bacteria through an SOS-independent mechanism involving oxidative stress-induced mutagenesis and ...

A cohort study published in JAMA Network Open looks at antibiotic use for UTIs during pregnancy (first trimester) and the risk of birth defects. Dr Caroline Ovadia, Clinical Senior Lecturer & Honorary ...

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Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Biochemist and microbiologist Markus Seeger ...

When people take antibiotics, some of the dose is excreted with urine and feces and ends up in our wastewater. The presence ...

A common hay fever trigger could be treated by placing a "molecular shield" in the nose within five years. Scientists have ...

Rhubarb could help battle deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as E. coli, suggests new research. Natural compounds ...

Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like ...

For well over a decade, scientists, health leaders, and global organisations have sounded the alarm on antimicrobial ...