McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria—and determining which antibiotics can ...

Four major trends that will shape how we as a society will confront antibiotic resistance in the coming decade.

In a field that has struggled for decades to keep pace with drug‑resistant infections, researchers have uncovered an antibiotic that hits some of the world’s most dangerous bacteria with roughly 100 ...

From diagnostics to CRISPR and policy reform, explore how science and society are working together to combat the rising ...

Some antibiotics don’t actually kill bacteria — they just pause them But once treatment ends, those bacteria can bounce back and cause the infection to return Now, scientists at the University of ...

Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long warned that we are facing an antibiotic crisis. Bacteria can easily adapt, evolve, ...

The problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has many health experts worried. As disease-causing bacteria adapt to some of ...

Antibiotic resistance is often framed as a hospital problem, but a growing body of evidence shows that the environment plays ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that effectively fights several bacteria while sparing helpful bacteria in the gut. Guido Mieth/Getty Images Antibiotics are valuable in ...

Bacterial infections have always posed problems for people, and we have found ways to treat them with antibiotics. But bacteria are constantly changing and evolving, and bacterial cells have ways to ...

Scientists have released new images showing, in incredible detail, antibiotics defeating disease-causing bacteria by piercing the microbes' membranes and infiltrating their innards. The antibiotics, ...

Do you frequently take antibiotics without proper medical guidance? You may want to reconsider as the repercussions are ...