In 1928, physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming returned from holiday to find a petri ... ensure antibiotics keep working for at least another century. “Addressing antibiotic resistance ...

Illinois accounts for one-fifth of all U.S. cases of a deadly fungal superbug that's increasingly difficult to treat. But ...

there are large petri dishes, and then there is MEGA, an enormous, 2-foot-by-4-foot slab of black agar infused with a gradient of antibacterial drugs. Researchers built this behemoth to watch ...

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria evolve mechanisms to withstand the drugs designed to eliminate them. This ...

Scientists have built a giant petri dish to visualize how bacteria move as they become immune to drugs. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Antibiotic resistance close antibiotic resistanceThe ability of bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics. It is caused by mutations in their genes. has now become a common problem. All ...