In 1928, a chance contaminant in Scottish physician Alexander Fleming’s lab experiment led to a discovery that would change ...

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

The news is full of terms like superbug, post-antibiotic era, and abbreviations like MRSA. They all refer to various aspects ...

Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor say, “We’re out of options.” It may sound ...

The rise of antibiotic resistance is threatening millions of lives worldwide, but “unconventional” Australian research could make obsolete medications effective again. Data released by the World ...

Microbiologist Karin Hjort discusses what heteroresistance is and how it could change the way we treat bacterial infections. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Dr Alexander Howard, from the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the University of Liverpool said: “Antimicrobial ...

Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria evolve new ways to elude drug treatments for a variety of illnesses, a growing ...

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

In promising experiments, phage therapy forces bacteria into a no-win dilemma that lowers their defenses against drugs they’d evolved to withstand. By Patience Asanga / Knowable Magazine Published Sep ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. As temperatures rise and weather extremes intensify, new evidence reveals how climate ...