Scientists have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. Two publicly-funded ...

April 1 (UPI) --Swedish scientists have made a breakthrough in combating the global rise in microbial resistance to antibiotics with the discovery of a potent new class of drugs, according to new ...

Once seen as a lasting medical breakthrough, antibiotics are steadily losing their effectiveness. Around the world, ...

A new experimental antibiotic has stunned researchers by wiping out dangerous bacteria at concentrations roughly two orders of magnitude lower than some of the drugs doctors rely on today. Early lab ...

Acinetobacter baumannii, seen under a scanning electron microscope, is a gram-negative bacterium responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths in the U.S. each year. An ...

About a decade ago, researchers in UC Santa Barbara chemistry professor Guillermo Bazan’s lab began to observe a recurring challenge in their research: Some of the compounds they were developing to ...

Scientists in Switzerland have announced the discovery of a new class of antibiotics shown to be effective against deadly, drug-resistant bacteria. The antibiotic, called zosurabalpin, works by ...

Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acute phase of an infection, or to reduce the likelihood of complications after ...

Gepotidacin, an investigational antibiotic, proved noninferior to dual therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea, according to results of the phase III EAGLE-1 trial. The ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent warning on Cipro and other antibiotics in its class, saying the drugs could cause tendon ruptures.

Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. The ...