A hidden antibiotic, forged inside a familiar microbe and overlooked for years, has turned out to be roughly 100 times more ...

Johns Hopkins researchers discovered a new weakness in bacteria that could yield an entirely new class of antibiotics ? the next generation?s penicillin. The sweet spot is a structure called a Z ring, ...

If you’ve ever had a bacterial infection (strep throat, ear infections, pneumonia, etc.) you’ve probably been administered an antibiotic via injection or pill. This antibiotic was likely penicillin, ...

Antibiotic resistance is turning routine infections into life threatening events, and the traditional pipeline for new drugs ...

A medallion containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin is expected to fetch up to $50,000 when it goes up for auction later this month. The medallion was created and ...

Scientists at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, have discovered a new antibiotic candidate in a surprising place: The human gut. In mice, the antibiotic — a peptide known as ...

The confluence of events that have engulfed the discovery, clinical development, and the market for antibiotics over the last two decades is evolving. And not for the better. When I first wrote ...

Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long warned that we are facing an antibiotic crisis. Bacteria can easily adapt, evolve, ...

LONDON (WKRC) - A small container full of mold involved in Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin from nearly 100 years ago will soon go to auction and is expected to fetch tens of thousands of ...