Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious worldwide threat that makes traditional antibiotics less effective against ...

Antibiotic persistence helps a small subpopulation of bacteria survive treatment without becoming genetically resistant, often leading to relapse and prolonged infection. Researchers are uncovering ...

Imagine a world where doctors are unable to treat infections or safely perform routine procedures such as surgeries or even root canals. As microbes increasingly become resistant to the drugs meant to ...

The arms race between bacteria and antibiotics is nothing new—antimicrobial resistance has been an emerging issue in human and animal health for a long time. But in a new review published in ...

Antibiotics have transformed modern medicine and made once-deadly bacterial infections treatable. However, their ...

The dangers of antibiotic overuse have become increasingly clear in recent decades. Excessive use accelerates the evolution of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, raising the alarming prospect of ...

Health experts have raised concerns over the widespread misuse of antibiotics in Nigeria, warning that the growing trend of ...

Whenever fever, cold, or body pain troubles us, the first instinct is to pop a painkiller like paracetamol or ibuprofen without thinking twice. These medicines are widely used to provide quick relief, ...

A perspective article in Biocontaminant has proposed a three-part framework to explain how bacteriophages can destroy, ...

Researchers believe they have identified a new class of antibiotics, nearly three decades since the last new one came to market. Teams at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and the University of ...

Scientists have discovered why antibiotic resistance sometimes shoots up dramatically in people with cystic fibrosis, ...