Antibiotics may not only harm healthy gut bacteria but also have short- and long-term effects on a person’s health. For example, they can reduce gut flora diversity and affect digestion. Sometimes, ...

Antibiotics start working immediately by rupturing the protective cell walls of harmful bacteria, but you may not feel relief ...

Each person's gut microbiome contains a specific community of microorganisms that normally remains stable for years. However, it can be thrown off balance by factors such as dietary changes, ...

A UNSW professor in microbiome research and a top neurogastroenterologist offer advice on how to enhance the growth of good ...

Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, infectious diseases were rampant. Communicable diseases were the most common cause of death, and the average lifespan was about 47 years old. However, this ...

Scientists have found a surprising effect of some antibiotics on certain bacteria -- that the drugs can sometimes benefit bacteria, helping them live longer. Scientists have found a surprising effect ...

Until recently, we had no idea how important gut bacteria were to your overall health. In fact, years ago, colon cleansing was all the rage, and it seemed to make sense. Aren't bacteria harmful, and ...

Stunning images reveal for the first time how antibiotics pierce deadly bacteria’s armor. British scientists have shown how life-saving drugs called polymyxins puncture the defenses of harmful bugs.

Antimicrobial resistance, particularly resistance to antibiotics, is a worldwide problem. A new study has, for the first time, shown how the consumption of antibiotics by an entire population can ...

Mark Blaskovich receives funding from a range of government, not-for-profit and commercial organisations for research into antibiotic discovery and development. He is affiliated with AAMRNet ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

Bacteria can rapidly evolve resistance to antibiotics by adapting special pumps to flush them out of their cells, according to new research from the Quadram Institute and University of East Anglia.