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Antimicrobial agents, such as antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics, are used to resist a wide range of infections. Common diseases, such as malaria, tuberculosis (TB), sexually ...

A new CDC report found a sharp increase in infections caused by a dangerous "nightmare bacteria" resistant to antibiotics.

Antibiotic resistance is sometimes referred to as the silent pandemic - a contagion that spreads without us really knowing ...

Researchers at McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made two scientific breakthroughs ...

Our bodies are a constant battlefield between pathogens and our immune system. But beyond this battle, there’s a larger war being fought between humans and drug-resistant bacteria. When antibiotics ...

Evolutionary biologist Tiffany Taylor explores the work being done to resensitize antibiotic-resistant bacteria to drugs as a strategy to defend ourselves against the growing antibiotic resistance ...

For bacteria, microplastics are the perfect meetup spot—tiny, intimate surfaces where microbes can cling, huddle close and swap genes. And these crowded bacterial breeding grounds may pose a threat to ...

The genetic culprits responsible for the spread of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria have been identified by new ...

Gram-negative bacteria have a complex cell structure that protects them from many antibiotics. These bacteria cause serious ...

Scientists have delivered a stark warning regarding a worrying rise in newborns suffering from antibiotic-resistant ...

An antibiotic-resistant strain can spread to humans. Feb. 21, 2012— -- Livestock in the United States may be building resistance to deadly bacterial infections, and those superbugs may be easily ...