Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics, a type of drug - such as penicillin or ciprofloxacin - that kills or stops the growth of bacteria. When bacteria ...

Of those, at least 23,000 die. By 2050, the chart below shows, antibiotic-resistant bugs could kill an estimated 10 million people each year. Shockingly, this would surpass even cancer.

Despite the crucial need for new antibiotics, there has been little innovation in the past 20 years. According to a report from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, “more than 82% of all ...

Antibiotics work by killing bacteria. Since the first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered in the 1920s, hundreds have become available for use. (3) But even as more antibiotics have been ...

Over-reliance on and misuse of antibiotics has led to warnings of a future without effective medicines. Why is it so difficult for scientists to discover new drugs? It's a tale of scientific ...

Such an environment may foster innovation." In that conflict, de la Fuente's lab sees potential for new antibiotics, which ...

Resistance to antibiotics has led to one million worldwide deaths each year since 1990, for a total of 36 million. It is expected to cause more than 39 million more fatalities by 2050 — three ...

Recce’s new compound is a broad-spectrum antibiotic initially to be used intravenously against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in the blood, including superbug forms.

The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been dubbed the "silent pandemic" due to its stealthy global spread and lack of urgent public attention, in comparison to other pandemics such as ...

To refine the list, 78 peptides were identified and assessed for their antibiotic activity against several high-priority pathogenic and gut commensal bacteria in vitro, following which five ...

Scientists at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, have discovered a new antibiotic candidate in a surprising place: The human gut. In mice, the antibiotic — a peptide ...

“We need appropriate attention on new antibiotics and antibiotic stewardship so that we can address what is really quite a large problem,” he said. The researchers – from the Global Research ...