Scientists have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. Two publicly-funded ...

The powerful antimicrobial teixobactin was discovered using a new technique that could speed up the discovery of new antibiotics to tackle resistance ...

April 1 (UPI) --Swedish scientists have made a breakthrough in combating the global rise in microbial resistance to antibiotics with the discovery of a potent new class of drugs, according to new ...

Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Vienna have discovered a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. These substances ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a set of antibiotic compounds hidden inside a well-studied soil ...

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a new antibiotic that kills some of the world's most dangerous and drug-resistant bacteria - and does so by targeting a previously unknown ...

Balasegaram is executive director of the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership. No matter how carefully we use the antibiotics we have, drug resistant infections will continue to gain ...

As more and more pathogenic bacteria gain resistance to commonly used antibiotics, the search for new, effective, and safe antibiotics has become vital. According to The Lancet, almost 5 million ...

Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. The ...