antibiotic resistance

Discover how scientists engineer systems constructed from bacterial components to investigate and combat antimicrobial resistance.

In Salmonella, two seemingly similar antibiotic survival strategies result from very different molecular mechanisms.

A member of the lung microbiota releases a peptide that hinders the respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Generative artificial intelligence allowed researchers to design new, synthesizable antibiotics against a dangerous and often drug-resistant human pathogen.

Gang Fang’s new metagenomics method helps sequence rare bacteria.

Researchers tackle the antibiotic resistance crisis with explainable neural networks and high throughput drug discovery.

A new antibiotic is the first to block a critical transport mechanism in drug-resistant bacteria.

Learn how the latest research into viral and bacterial pathogens advances the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. 

An active ingredient in turmeric interacts with light to resensitize pathogens to antibiotics.

Fyza Shaikh investigates how microbes shape cancer patients’ health and recovery.

Finding an effective antibiotic against an infection can easily take 24 hours. Faster testing could save lives and help doctors avoid broad-spectrum antibiotics, which can foster resistance.

Scientists continue to ring alarm bells about the risks associated with the continued misuse of antimicrobials and advocate for innovative treatments, improved surveillance, and greater public health education.

Biofilms are home to millions of microbes, but disrupting their interactions could produce more effective antibiotics.

Free-swimming bacteria settle on a surface to cooperate and form a protective biofilm.

Syphilis is among the oldest known sexually-transmitted infections. Scientists still struggle to detect and treat it.

Researchers use blue light therapy to treat infected burn wounds.

Heather Kittredge and Sarah Evans discuss the environmental conditions that facilitate natural transformation in bacteria’s native habitat.  

Anthony Richardson discusses what makes Staph especially dangerous for people with diabetes.

Studies are finding that a single course of antibiotics alters the gut microbiomes of healthy volunteers—and that it can take months or even years to recover the original species composition.