Antibiotics prescribed for a premature baby suffering with a respiratory illness were not given until after he suffered the ...

A baby suffering with a respiratory illness was not given prescribed antibiotics until after he suffered the first of two cardiac arrests, an inquest heard. Ben Condon, who was born prematurely, was ...

Ben Condon, who was two months old, died at Bristol Children’s Hospital in April 2015 after developing a respiratory illness.

Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce. Eventually, ...

A doctor treating a premature baby has defended the decision not to give him antibiotics the day before he died.

Scientists are learning more about how an intriguing type of virus protects itself. Revealing its strategies could boost the fight against antibiotic resistance.

One of those types of bacteria is Pseudomonas aeruginosa ... the researchers are one step closer to making phage-equipped antibiotic treatments that could prevent or quickly wipe out these ...

Venatorx meanwhile is developing a pipeline of novel combinations of beta-lactam antimicrobials and beta-lactamase inhibitors – drugs used alongside the antibiotics to prevent resistance – for ...