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They build their own antibiotics taking parts from bacteria.
Researchers identify over 800,000 antimicrobial peptides using AI.
Bacteria don’t have sex to reproduce; they use it to stay alive and healthy.
"This approach can be applied to other antibiotics and help us discover new ones," the team explains.
You can't adapt to gettin' stabbed.
Why isn't there a copy-paste command in biology?
Bacteria that cause ulcers and gastric cancer are becoming increasingly resistant to our antibiotics.
"This [study] shows that more research is needed into the efficiency of different water treatment methods for antibiotic removal, as none of the treatments currently used were designed to incorporate this," says lead author Dr. Lena Ciric.
"The need to focus on nonprescription antibiotic use in community-based antimicrobial stewardship programs is urgent," the authors report.
Kitchen sponges are crawling with bacteria. Turns out that's a good thing.
How can bacteria produce proteins when faced with a protein-production-impairing drug? We found out.
Old tricks, new ways to implement them.
Appear weak where you are strong. Appear strong where you are weak. Show "humility in the face of natural selection."
Shhh! I'm hunting bactewwia!
Uh-oh.
Could you... please not, bacteria?
In space, no one can hear you sneeze.
When in doubt, hibernate.
The whole can be greater or smaller than the sum of its parts.
There's an arms race going between us and bacteria. We seem to be losing -- badly.
No multiplayer-evolution any longer, pleasethankyou!
Surprisingly, these bacteria survived through "random chance".
Digging gold from dirt.
You can't spell antibiotic without ant.
Our last line of defense just got a lot stronger.
Canadian aboriginals have been using clay to treat their ailments for centuries.
Antibiotics have potentially saved more lives than any other human invention. But bugs are catching on...
A research team has demonstrated the effectiveness of a 3-antibiotic cocktail that kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in all mice that were treated with it.
When it comes to the appendix, things are still pretty unclear, but one thing’s for sure: if you develop appendicitis, you need surgery to have your appendix removed. But now, a new study found that antibiotics could eliminate the need for an appendectomy. The appendix is a blind-ended tube connected to the cecum. Its exact role […]
Researchers in Germany report the discovery a previously unknown bacterial communication pathway, one that might be a potential target for new medicine.
A lot of Americans seem to be confused about what are antibiotics and what they're good for. According to a YouGov survey (full results), a third of American correspondents replied that antibiotics can cure the flu, while a third also thought that vaccines can give you the flu. It goes without saying that this is false. The findings suggest an over prevalence of thought that antibiotics are "good for everything", an abuse that might cost public health dearly.
It's a game changer - scientists have discovered a new class of antibiotics which can kill an array of germs by blocking their capacity to build their cell walls, making it extremely difficult for bacteria to evolve resistance. It's the first such discovery in the past three decades, and comes as a much needed breath of air in the fight against superbugs.
You just have to applaud the researcher that study mushrooms growing on horse dung to see what medicinal properties they have. Microbiologists molecular biologists at ETH Zurich and the University of Bonn have discovered a new agent in fungi that kills bacteria. The substance they found in the mushroom is called copsin. Copsin has a similar […]
In many cases, doctors prescribe antibiotics to children, but most of the time, those viruses don’t even respond to antibiotics, a study finds. When you have a cold, or a headache, there’s a good chance you might just shrug it off, or fight it with an aspirin or some Tylenol – but if your child is […]
A world where even minor infections can kill you, where almost no antibiotics are viable, with superbugs and drug-resistant strains – it’s not a horror movie scenario, but something which may very well happen in the upcoming decades, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). We’ve written about the threats of […]
A drug treated with a special dye allows doctors to monitor real-time bacterial growth. Despite advancements in technology and despite all the effort put in by doctors, bacteria often manage to sneak onto medical implants such as bone screws, where they cause severe, possibly life-threatening infections. A new research published in Nature Communications suggests using […]
For some 50 years, scientists have tried — but failed — to find a way to use microbes against termites. What makes these magnificent creatures (which are often destructive for humans, and even regarded as pests) so resistant in the face of very dangerous microbes – designed specifically to kill them? University of Florida researchers […]
It may not seem like much, but by differentiating between bacterial and viral fevers, this new test could help doctors decide whether or not to prescribe antibiotics. Fevers are a common symptom in many infectious diseases, but it’s often difficult to know if the cause is bacterial or viral, and thus, antibiotics are often needlessly […]
The advent of antibiotics has spared humanity of a great deal of suffering and has saved countless lives through the years. Infectious diseases do not bore too easily and have always put out a fight, though. The bad news is that they’re winning and as the battle rages on, more and more strains become resistant […]
Researchers had already known that dogs can sniff out hospital superbug Clostridium defficile from stool samples of patients, but now, a really cute beagle has been trained to sniff out the bacteria from the air in the hospital. C. difficile infection generally occurs in patients who have been recently admitted in hospitals and were previously […]
Antibiotics are agents that act against microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi or protozoa. It’s obvious that since the development of antibiotics, the world has changed significantly. Basically, in developed countries people take pills for anything, which could have a damaging long term effect, creating newer types of damaging microorganisms, which are more resistant to antibiotics. […]
