In nature as well as in our bodies, bacteria predominantly live as organized communities called biofilms. These structures ...

Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions in organisms - without which life would not be possible. Leveraging AlphaFold2 artificial ...

Scientists mapped the bacterial flagellum in atomic detail, revealing it as a target to disarm infections without killing ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to public health today. The CDC estimates that each year at least 2 million people in the United States become infected with bacteria that are ...

Researchers have combined the bacteria-killing actions of two classes of antibiotics into one, demonstrating that their new dual-action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance ...

The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been dubbed the "silent pandemic" due to its stealthy global spread and lack of urgent public attention, in comparison to other pandemics such as ...

Nonadherence to the protocol (i.e., receipt of antibiotics for a longer or shorter duration than the assigned number of days ±2 days) occurred in 23.9% of the patients in the 7-day group ...

Health experts, gathering at the U.N., have begun to shift their focus to try to provide access to basic drugs in countries where preventable deaths from infections occur too frequently.