Antibiotic resistance

Plasmids play a crucial role in the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes among bacterial cells within microbial communities. Understanding the dynamics of plasmid spread and…

The way these infections are typically treated is by scaling and planing, which essentially means scraping off the bacteria and then prescribing oral antibiotics. This tends to work, but…

Medicine may be about to achieve a long-sought goal: a “morning-after pill” to prevent sexually transmitted infections. It could sharply reduce soaring rates of illness and huge health care…

By PTI NEW DELHI: The unique characteristics of wastewater, which allow resistance genes to grow against harmless bacteria to those that cause disease, provide a…

Ella Balasa was 26 when she realized the routine medical treatments that sustained her were no longer working. The slender lab assistant had lived since childhood with the side effects of…

Antibiotic resistance represents one of the largest threats to global public health, food security and global development faced today. Due to the spread of antibiotic resistance, a growing…

A report released today by the United Nations says that we’ve neglected a major component of the superbug problem: the environment. It serves as a reservoir for bacterial genes that create…

focuses on bacterial exposure of five of the most common antidepressants prescribed in Australia. The antidepressants looked at in this study are…

To an unfamiliar eye, the press release from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health two weeks ago looked pretty routine. Its language was a little unnerving, maybe, but phrased…

Dustin Brown, a slight, dark-haired guy who lives in southwest Indiana, is 36, married, and a stay-at-home dad. He never expected to achieve any of those milestones: wife, toddler son,…