Scientists are learning more about how an intriguing type of virus protects itself. Revealing its strategies could boost the fight against antibiotic resistance.

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Pitted keratolysis is a bacterial infection that develops on the soles of the feet ...

Swiss biotech BioVersys, which develops treatments for serious infections caused by drug resistant bacteria, has completed its initial public offering with an implied market valuation of 213 million ...

Antibiotics are indispensable for treating bacterial infections. But why are they sometimes ineffective, even when the bacteria are not resistant? In their latest study published in the journal Nature ...

Microbes that reside peaceably in the nasal passageways and on the skin can be harnessed for taking drugs to target cells.

Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce. Eventually, ...

Make your antibiotic medication as effective as possible by getting these answers before you leave the doctor's office or ...

Antibiotics are indispensable for treating bacterial infections. But why are they sometimes ineffective, even when the ...

Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long warned ...

Real-time imaging shows that bacterial resilience to antibiotics is not caused by a few ‘persisters’, but is a ...