Alexander Fleming was doing experiments with bacteria when he woke up to a strange mold growing in his petri dish. The "mold ...

Physicians have relied on a class of antibiotics called polymyxins to fight potentially life-threatening Gram-negative ...

A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how ...

The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...

Researchers are calling for an urgent overhaul of diagnostic and treatment guidelines for infections in newborn babies, after ...

A new CDC report found a sharp increase in infections caused by a dangerous "nightmare bacteria" resistant to antibiotics.

The antibiotic polymyxin can pierce the armor of active bacteria, but are ineffective when armor production is shut off in dormant bacteria.

Adding bacteria-killing nanoparticles to vinegar could help treat multiple infections—and potentially help fight against ...

Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough ...

The genetic culprits responsible for the spread of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria have been identified by new ...

Looking “under the hood” of a cell during chlorate-antibiotic exposure will help investigate how bacteria become susceptible to a range of antibiotics.

In one of the busiest hospitals in Melbourne, a potentially fatal epidemic of antibiotic-resistant germs compelled physicians ...