NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (UPI) --People with diabetes are more prone to developing Staphylococcus aureus, a leading cause of infections and death associated with resistance to antibiotics, a new study ...

Longer antibiotic courses showed no increased benefits or harms than shorter antibiotic courses in older adults, found a retrospective population-based cohort study.

Zuckerman is president of the National Center for Health Research and a former congressional investigator on FDA approval standards. Powers is professor of clinical medicine at George Washington ...

This prevents RNA polymerase (grey) from binding DNA and ultimately results in gene repression. Credit: Matthew Clark A global team has made a significant advance in understanding how bacterial ...

Bacteria have multiple defence mechanisms they can use to build resistance to antibiotics, one of the major problems facing public health globally. One of these mechanisms involves plasmids ...

“It’s a surprisingly complicated thing for a phage to be doing,” he said. Scientists hope the discovery can help them learn how phages might be used to make new antibiotics that can address the ...

Shorter, smarter, safer: Short-course antibiotics can revolutionize healthcare Date: January 21, 2025 Source: National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Summary: Antibiotic ...

The finding is important because, although antibiotics have helped people fight infectious diseases since the early 20th century, their misuse has created strains of bacteria resistant to existing ...

V-161, a novel compound targeting the Na +-V-ATPase enzyme in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), significantly reduces bacterial growth and colonization. This breakthrough offers ...

Introduction: Escherichia coli (E. coli), a ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen, poses a growing threat to human health due to the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance. However, a ...