In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types ...

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

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

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

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the World Health Organization estimates it could surpass cancer and heart disease ...

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

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 ...

and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (which is particularly problematic for people with compromised immune systems). “It actually made the antibiotics work better,” says study co-author Kirsten ...

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 ...