Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ...

In seeking new antibiotic sources, researchers have turned to an unlikely source: a whiffy frog known as Odorrana andersonii.

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

The molecule was found in soil samples collected from a laboratory technician’s garden. The discovery shows that “there is ...

The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

Lariocidin, a peptide made by bacteria living in soil, was effective against several different microbes responsible for deadly infections. UIC researchers working with collaborators at McMaster ...

Researchers created safe synthetic antibiotics from frog molecules. These may help fight superbugs in the future.

Frogs may hold the key to fighting dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. These amazing animals have survived for hundreds of ...