In 2015, an exciting new antibiotic called teixobactin was discovered. Now, for the first time, the compound has been successfully synthesized and used to treat a bacterial infection in mice, marking an important milestone in the war against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
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The platypus has long fascinated scientists, with its weird assortment of features making it one of the most unusual animals on the planet. Now a team of researchers found that platypus milk contains novel antimicrobial properties that could help scientists battle the global superbug threat.
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To prevent a future plagued with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Australian scientists have looked to the past, digging up a long forgotten antibiotic candidate and finding that it’s effective against some of the most dangerous “superbugs.”
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are rapidly becoming an urgent global health issue, But researchers at the University of Montreal may have found a new weapon in the war, by preventing bacteria from transferring genes to each other that help them develop resistance to antibiotics.
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Bacteria are evolving resistance to antibiotics at an alarming rate. One of the main issues is overprescription of antibiotics, and now a new test developed by scientists at Caltech could help doctors quickly prescribe the best type of antibiotic to fight a particular infection.
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With the rise of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs,” we need new treatments to keep us from returning to a dark age of medicine. Now, researchers from Vanderbilt University have found a new class of antibiotic hiding in plain sight: human breast milk.
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A new weapon for our arsenal in the war on antibiotic-resistant superbugs has just been developed by a team of researchers, supercharging a commonly used antibiotic to make it more more potent than ever before.
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Meet enterococci, superbug extraoordinaire. Apart from outlasting the dinosaurs, they have also managed to survive everything that Nature has thrown at it, each time becoming more indestructible. Could deciphering their genetic blueprint bring us one step closer to defeating them?
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We need to develop new antibiotics, but the fungi species that produce them can be hard to work with. Now, scientists have used baker’s yeast to create penicillin, which is a big step towards creating easy-to-tweak “mini-factories” for new antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs.
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Overuse of antibiotics is leading us towards a terrifying future where our best drugs simply don’t work. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have created a molecule that combines a virus and human antibodies to hunt down drug-resistant bacteria.
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