In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types ...

Other factors that allow the spread of antibiotic resistance are poor infection control, inadequate sanitary conditions, and inappropriate food handling. In the absence of proper hygienic conditions, ...

IN the absence of supplies of penicillin in Hungary during the War, Dr. E. Rosenthal, of St. Roch's Hospital, Budapest, isolated two strains of what appeared to be Penicillium notatum Westling ...

Learn why a protein in oyster blood could boost some antibiotics’ efficacies against several resistant strains.

By 1940, the Oxford research group, which also included biochemist Norman Heatley, had determined how to grow the mold and purify the penicillin, and shown that it could save mice from three different ...

A growing understanding of the importance of the gut microbiome for health has also highlighted how antibiotics can wreak ...

Researchers at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research have ...