Data reveal how the global challenge to reduce deaths and infections from drug-resistant bacteria is not going according to ...

"Our study highlights the causes of serious infections in babies in countries across Southeast Asia with high rates of ...

Scientists have captured images of polymyxins, a type of antibiotic, disrupting and infiltrating the membranes of disease-causing bacteria.

Physicians have relied on a class of antibiotics called polymyxins to fight potentially life-threatening Gram-negative ...

Gyms can be a hotbed of bacteria. Here are all the places that you want to take extra care to wipe down and wash your hands after use.

Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis, while sparing healthy microbes in the mouse ...

The complex structure of Gram-negative bacteria, protects them from various antibiotic treatments. These bacteria create severe hospital-based infecti ...

LpxC inhibitors target a zinc-dependent deacetylase that catalyses the first committed step in lipid A biosynthesis, an essential process for the viability of Gram-negative bacteria. As lipid A forms ...

Across the world, doctors are sounding the alarm: drug-resistant bacteria are spreading faster than new treatments and ...

Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria. The new compounds target a protein, LpxH, ...

Polymyxins were discovered over 80 years ago and are used as a "last-resort" treatment for infections caused by “Gram ...

The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a soil microbe that produces diverse natural products with potential ...