Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, but increasingly hard to treat because the bacteria that cause them are developing resistance to many antibiotics. Researchers headed by a team at the ...

Gram-negative bacterial infections are becoming an increasingly serious global health issue U.S. patent applications filed for three novel drug candidates: PKL200, TSL2200, and EAL2200 Continued ...

There are many ways of classifying bacteria. One method is based on the cell membrane. In 1884, a bacteriologist named Christian Gram created a test that could determine if a bacterium had a thick, ...

There are two main types of bacteria, and these categories reflect the microbes' biology and their vulnerability to different antibiotics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Wockhardt, a leading Indian pharmaceutical company has achieved a major breakthrough through the development of Zaynich as a new antibiotic. The new drug targets multi-drug-resistant (MDR) ...

The results of research led by scientists at Harvard Medical School suggest that a natural product antibiotic first isolated back in the 1940s may be effective against potentially lethal, multidrug ...

A new study published in Nature today has identified a potential Achilles heel in the protective layers surrounding Gram-negative bacteria that could aid in the development of next-generation ...