Antibiotics are powerful and fast-acting drugs that treat bacterial infections. However, overuse and misuse has caused ...

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are innate immunity molecules present in most invertebrate and vertebrate animals, but not in plants. Insects have up to 19 PGRPs, classified into short ...

While we've seen antibacterial wound dressings before, Italian scientists have taken the idea to new extremes. They've ...

The Martlet got to sit down with Dr. Stephen Tuffs, assistant professor of biochemistry and microbiology, to talk about ...

Bacteria samples were taken at four sites in London, Nottingham and Manchester. All were found to be contaminated with faecal ...

Bacteria samples were taken at four sites in London, Nottingham and Manchester. All were found to be contaminated with faecal ...

Forget what your parents told you, scratching an itch may be good for you, by boosting your body’s defence against bacteria ... reduced the amount of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium commonly ...

And, when paired up with antibiotics, the protein also helped improve their effectiveness against other infection-causing bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus ... toxic to human lung cells ...

Phage therapy is the therapeutic use of bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections. It offers a precise, natural alternative to antibiotics using viruses that specifically target and kill bacteria ...

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria. Nine beaches in Sydney were closed by ...

In some invertebrates, including oysters, hemolymph is the equivalent of human blood. Bacteria can be hard to kill. They can form biofilms, a community of microorganisms that merge into a sticky ...

The human hand is one of the most staggeringly sophisticated and physiologically intricate parts of the body. It has more than 30 muscles, 27 joints alongside a network of ligaments and tendons ...