The mechanism which allows β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has been revealed for the first time. An international team of researchers led by the University of Sheffield ...

Bacteria modify their ribosomes when exposed to widely used antibiotics, according to research published today in Nature Communications. The subtle changes might be enough to alter the binding site of ...

Scientists have discovered the mechanism which allows the superbug Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to become highly resistant to antibiotics, paving the way for new approaches to ...

Antibiotic resistance is a pressing issue that has been brought to the attention of the scientific community in recent times by the discoverer of the structure of DNA, James Watson. Antibiotic ...

The mechanism which allows beta-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has now been revealed. The mechanism which allows β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has ...

Antibiotics are heavily relied upon by medical professionals around the world to treat a range of conditions, some life-threatening, as well as by the agricultural industry to prevent disease and ...