A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% rise in infections in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Also known as ...

The discovery of an "Achilles' heel" in strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria may provide a better way to deal with this public health crisis. That is the conclusion of an international team of ...

Martha Clokie (left) is a Professor of microbiology at the University of Leicester (UK), where she runs the first Centre for Phage Research in the UK. Her research is focused on different aspects of ...

Additionally, bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics by obtaining copies of resistant genes. This occurs through horizontal gene transfer, a process where genetic material is transferred between ...

What antibiotic resistance is, why it matters, and how to use antibiotics wisely; CDC estimates 2.8M infections and 35K U.S. deaths yearly.

A model structure of a ribosome noted with color-coded flexibility indicators; red highlights ribosome regions that become more flexible, while blue depicts more rigid areas. Recent estimates indicate ...

Each year, there are nearly three million cases of antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S. caused by MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

ANSWER: There are two main reasons. The first is that antibiotics, which are effective against bacteria, are not effective ...

For bacteria, microplastics are the perfect meetup spot—tiny, intimate surfaces where microbes can cling, huddle close and swap genes. And these crowded bacterial breeding grounds may pose a threat to ...

Illinois researchers combined microbiology with microfluidic device technology to find that when antibiotics are delivered by flowing fluids, as would be the case in the body, they are more effective ...