Researchers have revealed how polymyxins, crucial last-resort antibiotics, break down bacterial armor by forcing cells to ...

Bacterial fragments called peptidoglycans may influence daily sleep patterns and also affect the brain health cycle strongly.

Physicians have relied on a class of antibiotics called polymyxins to fight potentially life-threatening Gram-negative ...

A new scientific study reveals how life-saving drugs called polymyxins puncture the defenses of harmful bugs. The post Scientists show how antibiotics pierce through bacteria’s armor appeared first on ...

A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how ...

The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the Pasteur Institute and the University of Lorraine, France, have uncovered ...

New studies show that a bacterial molecule, peptidoglycan, is present in the brain and fluctuates with sleep patterns. This challenges the idea that sleep is solely brain-driven, instead suggesting it ...

Brian P. Lazzaro highlights the promise of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as powerful agents in the ongoing battle against ...

New lab research suggests caffeine may weaken certain antibiotics by blocking entry into certain cells. Doctors explain what ...

Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.