As antibiotic resistance grows, scientists are turning to bacteriophages, viruses that target harmful bacteria without wiping ...

Antimicrobial resistance is quietly reshaping modern medicine, making once-treatable infections harder to cure. From drug-resistant Shigella spreading in U.S. communities to resistant bacteria moving ...

Bacteria extracted from 5,000-year-old ice in the Scărișoara Ice Cave in Romania could help us fight superbugs, new research shows – if it doesn't become one itself. The research was led by a team ...

Researchers from McMaster University merged two compounds — the newly-found corbomycin and the lesser-known complestatin — to examin ...

Chemists and computer scientists tapped AI to find new disinfectants to combat the growing threat of dangerous "superbugs." ...

(CNN) — By being an excellent host for slimy biofilms created by bacteria to protect themselves from attack, microplastics may be contributing to the proliferation of dangerous antibiotic-resistant ...

Scientists have uncovered how graphene oxide pulls off a remarkable trick: it hunts down and destroys harmful bacteria while ...

Bacteria from cows has shown "promising" results in treating hospital superbugs. The farmyard favorites carry a microbe that could become an "effective weapon" against antibiotic resistant MRSA ...

An ancient strain of bacteria found frozen in a remote Transylvanian cave offers both a tantalizing opportunity to develop new weapons against so-called "superbugs" and a chilling warning about what ...

A familiar compound found in everyday foods may hold unexpected potential in the fight against antibiotic resistance.