Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, ...

A key to antibiotic resistance might be the use of viruses to kill bacteria, however, the systems that bacteria employ to defense themselves against viruses are unknown. Understanding these systems ...

Gram-negative bacteria have three major resistance mechanisms to carbapenem antibiotics: porin channel mutations to prevent cell entry, efflux pumps to expel antibiotics and beta-lactamase enzymes ...