Scientists find promising new antibiotic — in the soil
Digging gold from dirt.
Tag: antibiotic
Study reveals how ants produce antibiotics
You can't spell antibiotic without ant.
Superantibiotic is now 25,000 times stronger than its predecessor
Our last line of defense just got a lot stronger.
Canadian clay kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria on contact
Canadian aboriginals have been using clay to treat their ailments for centuries.
Antibiotics – the end of an era?
Antibiotics have potentially saved more lives than any other human invention. But bugs are catching on...
Trio of individually ineffective drugs efficiently kills MRSA in mice
A research team has demonstrated the effectiveness of a 3-antibiotic cocktail that kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in all ...
Antibiotics could render appendicitis operation useless
When it comes to the appendix, things are still pretty unclear, but one thing's for sure: if you develop appendicitis, ...
New Bacterial language could help kill infections without antibiotics
Researchers in Germany report the discovery a previously unknown bacterial communication pathway, one that might be a potential target for ...
A third of Americans think antibiotics cure the flu
A lot of Americans seem to be confused about what are antibiotics and what they're good for. According to a ...
Major Breakthrough: First New Antibiotic Discovered in 30 years
It's a game changer - scientists have discovered a new class of antibiotics which can kill an array of germs ...
Scientists find antibiotic-like substance in mushroom that grows on horse dung
You just have to applaud the researcher that study mushrooms growing on horse dung to see what medicinal properties they ...
Children needlessly prescribed antibiotics at an alarming rate
Image via Medscape. In many cases, doctors prescribe antibiotics to children, but most of the time, ...
A recipe for disaster: antimicrobial resistance may lead to dystopian scenarios
A world where even minor infections can kill you, where almost no antibiotics are viable, with superbugs and drug-resistant strains ...
Glowing antibiotics reveal infections
A drug treated with a special dye allows doctors to monitor real-time bacterial growth. Despite advancements in technology and despite ...
Termite feces works as a natural antibiotic
For some 50 years, scientists have tried — but failed — to find a way to use microbes against termites. ...
New simple genetic test could distinguish between viral and bacterial infections
It may not seem like much, but by differentiating between bacterial and viral fevers, this new test could help doctors ...
Antibiotics of the future might come from the bottom of the oceans
The advent of antibiotics has spared humanity of a great deal of suffering and has saved countless lives through the ...
Dogs can be trained to detect extremely dangerous superbug
Researchers had already known that dogs can sniff out hospital superbug Clostridium defficile from stool samples of patients, but now, ...
World could head for a global pandemic caused by antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics are agents that act against microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi or protozoa. It's obvious that since the development of ...