Chemists from the University of Warwick and Monash University have discovered a promising new antibiotic that shows activity ...

Chemists from the university, along with a team from Monash University, Australia, said the compound, called ...

Scientists have found that a gene that has been previously identified in many animals and their associated microbes can enable resistance to antimicrobial drugs. The resistance gene encodes for an ...

Discarded cigarette butts could be driving antibiotic resistance, scientists have warned. A study conducted across 35 Chinese ...

Research reveals a significant link between E. coli in meat and urinary tract infections, particularly in vulnerable ...

Researchers have discovered how 'pirate phages' hijack other viruses to break into bacteria, sharing new genetic material for dangerous traits. Imperial scientists have uncovered how bacteriophages ...

I was always interested in microbiology. After medical school, I first became involved in basic research on antimicrobial ...

AMR occurs when disease-causing bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites (pathogens) are no longer affected by the medicines that have been developed to target them. Drug-resistant pathogens can cause ...

A protein-free vaccine shows promising preclinical results in supercharging immune responses to a range of drug-resistant ‘superbugs’. The risk of developing a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is ...

Millions of people die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections or from the complications of those infections, and the problem is only expected to get worse as pathogenic bacteria continue to ...