A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

When confronted with an antibiotic, toxic substance, or other source of considerable stress, bacteria are able to activate a defense mechanism using cell-to-cell communication to 'warn' unaffected ...

A small antibiotic called plectasin uses an innovative mechanism to kill bacteria. By assembling into large structures, plectasin latches onto its target on the bacterial cell surface comparable to ...

Data demonstrate clinical translation of VOWST mechanisms of action in both first and multiply recurrent CDI patientsSeres MbTx® platform ...

Even with correct antibiotic doses, some bacterial infections return because persister cells survive treatment by entering ...

Fungal infections may not be as common as bacterial or viral infections, but they can still be deadly. And the deadliest pathogenic fungi, such as Candida auris, are becoming increasingly resistant to ...