antibiotic resistance

Researchers use genetic clues to track the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria from the environment to patients.

To manipulate the microbiome, researchers engineered a CRISPR delivery system that precisely targets bacteria in the mouse gut.

Accelerating innovation one wavelength at a time

Low doses of continuous penicillin exposure altered mouse pups’ microbiomes and gene expression in brain areas associated with emotional and cognitive function.

Researchers develop new vaccines and therapeutics to combat the spread of infectious diseases.

In a first, patients who hadn’t been treated with antifungals were found to carry Candida auris impervious to all three available classes of the drugs.

With multiple microbiota therapeutics in the pipeline for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, clinicians foresee a shift in treatment options for the condition.

Bacteria-infecting viruses affect the composition and behavior of microbes in the mammalian gut—and perhaps influence human biology.

Phages interact with bacteria and eukaryotic cells in ways that researchers suspect influence mammalian health.

Heather Jordan and Jennifer Wargo will discuss how metagenomics studies help uncover new and medically relevant functions of the human microbiome.

Tackling Antibiotic Resistance: Viruses to the Rescue

Researchers used a machine-learning platform to test more than 100 million molecules for antibacterial activity.

The scientific community said goodbye to Sydney Brenner, Paul Greengard, Patricia Bath, and a number of other leading researchers this year.

Metabolic disrupters, phages, and other approaches are going to be needed to treat the broadest possible range of patients infected by bacterial pathogens resistant to multiple drugs.

Two panels devoted to reviewing/recommending policy on marine protected areas and invasive species were eliminated.

Bacteria grow and divide in microfluidic channels.

The Tufts University biologist and physician sounded the alarm on the effects of antibiotic use in animals.

In Niger, fewer kids die when health workers administer azithromycin routinely, perhaps because of a shift in the composition of gut microbes.

The agency issued a safety warning after two patients contracted antibiotic-resistant infections and one of the patients died.

A membrane pump found in most bacteria helps E. coli acquire drug resistance from neighboring cells even while they’re exposed to antibiotics, a new study shows.