Antibiotic resistance among key bacterial species plateaus over time
Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilize over time, according to a study published April 3, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS…
Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilize over time, according to a study published April 3, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS…
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications has revealed novel insights into bacterial resistance and offers a promising strategy for…
Superbugs, bacteria that are immune to multiple antibiotics, pose a great challenge to modern medicine. Researchers from the B CUBE…
Soil plays a much bigger role in the spread of antibiotic resistance than one might imagine. Surprisingly, the ground beneath…
Bacteria modify their ribosomes when exposed to widely used antibiotics, according to research published today in Nature Communications. The subtle…
A new study shows how heteroresistance, a transient resistance common in many bacteria, can act as a precursor to the…
University of B.C. researchers have uncovered startling connections between micronutrient deficiencies and the composition of gut microbiomes in early life…
A team of scientists from around the globe, including those from Trinity College Dublin, has gained high-res structural insights into…
“We have developed a technique in our laboratories that allows us to obtain an antibiogram within 2-4 hours – instead…
A genetic study analysing the microbiome (bacteria in the gut) of a large nationally representative sample of the Finnish population…
The currently used microbiological tests for colistin resistance and other antibiotic resistances did not allow accurate conclusions regarding the spread…
Total hip and knee replacements are challenging enough for patients. When an infection occurs in the aftermath, the results are…
Clostridioides difficile, often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that causes severe intestinal illness and, as its name…
A new class of motorized molecules that kill specific bacteria shows promise to curb the threat of antibiotic resistance to…
Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people worldwide every year. Antibiotics to treat TB exist, but in recent years,…
Antibiotics have saved countless lives since they were introduced in the 1940s, curing infections and making procedures like chemotherapy and…
Scientists have discovered a new potential treatment that has the ability to reverse antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause conditions…
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide, affecting more than 40 % of the…
A joint research project based in Kumamoto University, Japan has developed a new, highly sensitive analytical method that can detect…
Gram-negative bacteria are the bane of health care workers’ existence. They’re one of the most dangerous organisms to become infected…
It’s estimated that an average-sized wastewater treatment plant serving roughly 400,000 residents will discharge up to 2,000,000 microplastic particles into…
Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics. The findings offer a potential…