A new study found that antimicrobial peptides can combat Salmonella infections in chickens, a major cause of foodborne ...

An important study in Nature Microbiology challenges the entrenched assumptionthat synthetic chemicals can be targeted for specific uses and have limited effects beyond those uses. In particular, the ...

Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health issue that contributes to the emergence of drug-resistant microorganisms, thereby increasing the risk of nosocomial infections. Short peptide ...

Shiitake mushrooms contain bioactive compounds with antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities, making them promising for alternative therapeutic applications.

While resistance is a natural evolutionary process, the review shows that human activity has dramatically intensified its ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing inflammation and infections. Among these molecules are lectins—proteins that ...

Copper nanoparticles from beetroot extract enhance antimicrobial properties in polymer composites, offering a sustainable ...

In 2021, chemist Itzel Rubí Yeverino hiked up to the El Caracol waterfall deep in the Sierra Madre Oriental, the mountain system that runs through eastern Mexico. In a small pond near the waterfall, ...

The rise of antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to the global control of infectious diseases, which has led researchers around the world to investigate the efficacy of both natural and ...

Native Capillary Electrophoresis–Mass Spectrometry Enables Quantitative Profiling of Endogenous Protein Complexes ...