Bengaluru: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have shed new light on how "Staphylococcus aureus" (S. aureus), a common but dangerous bacterium that damages human cells.

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive pathogen whose robust cell wall underpins both viability and virulence. The central scaffold of this structure is peptidoglycan, a mesh of glycan strands cross ...

Antibiotics are the old medicine cabinet standby for treating infections caused by multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, but as antimicrobial resistance continues to mount globally, scientists ...

Antibiotic resistance continues to push modern medicine into dangerous territory. In hospitals around the world, infections once treated easily now survive some of the strongest drugs available.