Tag: Antibiotic Resistance

So, like, picture this: back in the day, people didn't really know that tiny germs could make you sick. It wasn't until some smart folks put the pieces together that we realized how these...

In May, Robert Farese, a cell biologist and physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, received an interesting email inviting him to audition for a musical about penicillin. Despite antibiotics...

In a recent case, a man tragically passed away from a bloodstream infection that was linked to a probiotic supplement. Probiotics are live microorganisms that are intended to provide health benefits, such as aiding...

Antibiotic resistance is a major concern in global health as bacteria evolve and develop new defense strategies against these drugs. Bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, can develop resistance to antibiotics like trimethoprim in a...

For years, scientists have been puzzled by a strange form of antibiotic resistance known as "heteroresistance." This occurs when a small percentage of bacteria in a population can resist antibiotics, making it difficult to...