Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at a higher risk of developing heart failure compared with the healthy population. In recent landmark clinical trials, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2 ...

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

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 ...

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

Discover 8 powerful natural antibiotics that actually work for healing. From garlic to honey, these ancient remedies are ...

New drugs that target 'zombie' tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by ...

BEIJING -- A group of Chinese researchers has discovered the biosynthesis and release process of the key pheromone that causes a locust outbreak, making an important contribution to the ecological ...

The continuing rise of multidrug resistant pathogens has made it clear that in the absence of new antibiotics we are moving toward a “postantibiotic” world, in which even routine infections will ...

Penicillin is one of the most commonly reported drug allergies in the United States, but up to 90% of those reports are inaccurate, according to Keystone Infectious Disease’s Medical Director Dr.

Defining Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in N. gonorrhoeae: Practical Applications As resistance emerges to newer antibiotics in N. gonorrhoeae, it is important to understand the basis for this ...