Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Use &#39;Sonar&#39; to Locate Other Cells
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have a sonar-like system that enables them to zero in on and destroy other bacteria or normal cells, says a study in the Dec. 24 issue of the journal Science.
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Scientists show how Salmonella food bacteria in space become more virulent in their weightless surroundings.
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NEW YORK  - A new type of bacteria-killing  compounds, called nubiotics, appear to be potent antimicrobial  agents in animal experiments, researchers report.
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A British scientist invents a new test to identify the MRSA hospital "superbug" earlier.
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SCIENTISTS at Stanford University have discovered an antibiotic capable of turning off cancer cells in mice. It could offer hope to cancer treatment in future.
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A dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study.
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Human skin teems with a zoo of strange microbes in colonies that are nearly unique from person to person and many of which are practically unknown to science, new research finds. Some of the bugs are permanent residents, while others come and go.
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MONDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- An antibiotic called siomycin A shows early promise as an anti-cancer agent, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.
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One single strain of bacteria is causing most cases of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus found outside hospitals in the United States, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A new, highly drug-resistant strain of the âflesh-eatingâ MRSA bacteria is being spread among gay men in San Francisco and Boston, researchers reported on Monday.
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The bacterium that causes ulcers and contributes to stomach cancers uses a clever interaction between two genes to randomly tighten and loosen its grip on the stomach, according to a study by researchers at ...
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The clearest evidence yet that Crohn&#39;s disease is caused by a type of bacteria blamed for a similar animal disorder has been published by US researchers.
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U.S. scientists have determined immune cells recruited to sites of infection can use more than one type of molecule to exit the bloodstream.
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Croatian scientists have worked out how a radiation-resistant bacterium that can exist in extreme conditions repairs damage to itself, a discovery which could provide clues about diseases such as cancer.
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Loyola University Medical Center on Monday announced plans to start testing all incoming patients for a drug-resistant staph germ and isolating those who carry the dangerous bacteria.
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With doctors increasingly worried about "superbugs," deadly infections that can defeat most known drugs, a small Cambridge biotechnology firm has won $70 million in venture capital money to develop a powerful antibiotic from a microbe discovered in Haitian dirt.
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New technologies will shed light on how beneficial bacteria might help our health.