Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal.

North Carolina State University chemists have created a compound that makes existing antibiotics 16 times more effective against antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.” Previously, an NC State chemist found ...

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 ...

Antibiotics have saved countless lives and are a crucial tool in modern medicine. But we're losing ground in our battle against bacteria. In the middle of the last century, scientists discovered whole ...

That bottle of oregano oil in your cabinet might deserve more respect than you’ve been giving it. Long before pharmaceutical companies created synthetic antibiotics, our ancestors relied on powerful ...

Researchers created a synthetic compound that obstructs the efflux pumps certain bacteria use to expel antibiotics. Treatment with the compound increases the bacteria’s sensitivity to antibiotics they ...

If you’ve ever had a bacterial infection (strep throat, ear infections, pneumonia, etc.) you’ve probably been administered an antibiotic via injection or pill. This antibiotic was likely penicillin, ...

Research shows that the natural peptide, called drosocin, protects fruit flies from bacterial infections by binding to ribosomes in bacteria. Once bound, drosocin prevents the ribosome from making new ...