The last time a new class of antibiotics reached the market was nearly three decades ago—but that could soon change, thanks ...

The molecule was found in soil samples collected from a laboratory technician’s garden. The discovery shows that “there is ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

The pathogen C. diff—the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea—can use a compound that kills the ...

You should avoid taking expired medication because it may become toxic, contain bacteria, or be less effective.

Scientists have identified a form of bacteria that eats the toxic "forever chemicals" that leach into the water supply by way of manufacturing. Better yet, the bacteria also munch on the chemicals ...

Now, a UB-led team has identified a strain of bacteria that can break down and transform at least three types of PFAS and, perhaps even more crucially, some of the toxic byproducts of the ...

Sometimes, however, the balance shifts. Food poisoning is an obvious example of the balance tipping in favour of toxic bacteria, but the results are not always so obvious. Tiredness, chronic ...

Mandimycin is structurally similar to the last-line-of-defense antifungal amphotericin B, another glycosylated polyene ...

In addition to causing inflammation, the bacteria associated with gum disease produce enzymes that can be directly toxic to nerves, Gounder said. They also weaken the blood-brain barrier ...

The scientists also found that when they forced happily growing cells to overexpress MdfA, it became toxic to the cells and they burst. Whilst MdfA isn't present in most other forms of bacteria ...