Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully applied cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to ...

Some bacterial-infecting viruses use ‘sponges’ to mop up defence molecules, but bacteria can fight back by responding when a ...

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.

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 ...

Bacterial styrene oxidase isomerase has been known to science for more than three decades, but its mechanism of action has ...

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

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

Bacteria are constantly moving by help of motility organs called flagella or pili to colonize new niches. Also, bacteria can ...

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

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