Many life-threatening bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics. Researchers have now discovered a new class of antibiotics with a unique spectrum of activity and mechanism ...

Scientists at McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a novel antibiotic to target ...

Masahiro Yamasaki, Kensuke Nakamura, Norihisa Tamura, Shiang-Jyi Hwang, Muneyoshi Yoshikawa, Noboru Sasaki, Hiroshi Ohta, Osamu Yamato, Yoshimitsu Maede and Mitsuyoshi Takiguchi Valinomycin and ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, and it’s one that large pharmaceutical companies have largely abandoned. Some startups are filling the gap, and a new one, ArrePath, has novel molecules ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — "Take with food" is a common warning for people using antibiotics, but a discovery announced this week in the scientific journal Nature may create a path to more targeted drugs.

Swiss research teams headed by the University of Zurich (UZH) and Polyphor AG now report the discovery and characterization of a new family of synthetic antibiotics that possess broad-spectrum ...