There are not enough new tests and treatments in the pipeline to tackle the growing spread of drug-resistant bacteria, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

Some bacterial-infecting viruses use ‘sponges’ to mop up defence molecules, but bacteria can fight back by responding when a sponge captures decoy molecules. Read the paper: A miniature CRISPR–Cas10 ...

In a proactive move to address the escalating global threat of superbugs—microbes resistant to multiple medicines like antibiotics—University of Florida (UF) ...

Physicians have relied on a class of antibiotics called polymyxins to fight potentially life-threatening Gram-negative bacterial infections for more than 80 years. These drugs are typically reserved ...

Scientists have developed what they call a “virus cocktail” to fight superbugs in a major advance for infectious disease treatment. Researchers from Monash University and The Alfred, in Melbourne, ...