A new study from Emory University addresses the growing global crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections. Many of these ...

There's an arms race in medicine—scientists design drugs to treat lethal bacterial infections, but bacteria can evolve defenses to those drugs, sending the researchers back to square one. In an ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists have unveiled a rare molecule with a fresh way to stop dangerous ...

Recent estimates indicate that deadly antibiotic-resistant infections will rapidly escalate over the next quarter century. More than 1 million people died from drug-resistant infections each year ...

MMR-deficient P. aeruginosa possesses a distinct mutational signature that is linked to rapid acquisition of drug resistance. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55206-w ...

Antibiotics are great, but one of the biggest fears of medical experts and researchers has been the emergence of so-called “superbugs,” or antibiotic-resistant bacteria that mutate to defend ...

Podcast: New lasso-shaped antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria The latest molecule targets bacteria’s protein-making factory, the ribosome, in a way that other antibiotic drugs don’t.

A new class of antibiotic has been found to be safe and effective in treating gonorrhea in late-stage trials, according to a new study published Monday in The Lancet. The drug, called gepotidacin,… ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists have unveiled a rare molecule with a fresh way to stop dangerous ...