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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientist Denise Catacutan working on the experimental antibiotic discovered with the help of artificial intelligence. Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new ...

But now, with bacteria evolving resistance to more and more antibiotics, phage therapy is drawing a second look from researchers—sometimes with a novel twist. Instead of simply using the phages ...

By Andrew Jacobs An impoverished family in Africa is unable to afford a 50-cent course of antibiotics to save the life of a child with a simple bacterial infection. Is such a tragedy best ...

Oh, I hate being ill. Fortunately, antibiotics and vaccines can help keep us healthy. Antibiotics help when you have a bacterial infection like pneumonia. Some antibiotics break down the external ...

The number of global deaths directly attributable to antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections is forecast to rise from a record 1.27 million a year in 2019 to 1.91 million a year by 2050.

“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 ...

Millions more people will die annually from antibiotic-resistant infections over the next 25 years unless steps are taken to ...