In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types ...

What is helping drive the increase of drug-resistant infections in Ukraine, why should the UK be on alert, and importantly, ...

Does your infection require antibiotics? Two tests are being trialled to remove the guesswork for GPs and confirm whether a ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the World Health Organization estimates it could surpass cancer and heart disease ...

Studies suggest that about one in five bacterial infections are now resistant to this antibiotic, which studies suggest can damage the human body. The FDA has urged prescribers not to prescribe ...

Scientists develop self-propelling nanoparticles that can physically pierce and eliminate drug-resistant bacteria in eye infections, showing success in initial animal studies.

Researchers from the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged (Hungary), have made a concerning discovery about the future of antibiotics. Two recent studies, published just days apart in Nature ...

UTI symptoms can fade for a few days but then return. Here’s how to tell if your UTI is going away and how to use home ...

A recent study by a team from Chiba University has demonstrated a promising approach for fighting antibiotic resistance by identifying a compound, V-161, that inhibits a sodium-pumping enzyme critical ...

Researchers at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research revealed a mechanism involving protein aggregation that allows bacteria to enter a ...

Current tests for bacteria take more than a day to produce results. This means that GPs often prescribe antibiotics before receiving those results, which would confirm whether an infection is ...

A dissemination meeting showcasing the key findings of two pioneering clinical trials aimed at enhancing the management of Possible Serious Bacterial Infection (PSBI) in infants under 2 months of age ...