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A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: ...

Make your antibiotic medication as effective as possible by getting these answers before you leave the doctor's office or pharmacy.

It’s important to note that researchers are likely at least 10 to 30 years away from creating mirror bacteria. On the timescale of a fast-moving field like synthetic biology, a decade is a very long ...

You probably think “antibiotic resistance” means that a bacterial infection can’t be cured by any antibiotics. But the FDA ...

Leaders of four state agencies on Friday launched a major five-year plan to work together with partners in public health, health care, agribusiness, environmental protection and other fields to ...

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