antibiotics
Researchers have provided the first close-up glimpse of a protein, called MurJ, which is crucial for building the bacterial cell wall and protecting it from outside attack.
We’ve made a lot of progress in understanding and manipulating microbes, but there’s still a long way to go.
Drug-resistant organisms, or so-called "superbugs," are a growing public health threat because "last-resort" therapeutics-employed only when other drugs fail to kill an infection-are failing.
The FDA recently banned the use of common chemicals in household soaps because they have not been shown to be safe or even have any benefit.
Bacteria evolve resistance to extreme doses of antibiotics in just a few days.
Scientists are discovering antibiotics in the most bizarre places.
It holds promise against an antibiotic resistant pathogen.
The bacteria is becoming resistant to the only two drugs left that treat the STD.