The molecule was found in soil samples collected from a laboratory technician’s garden. The discovery shows that “there is ...

Amid a surge in drug-resistant bacteria, researchers believe they have discovered a new class of antibiotics for the first ...

Antimicrobial molecule discovered in soil from lab technician’s garden — plus, a huge study assessing the nuances of humans’ impacts on biodiversity.

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent problems facing humanity, but it’s been decades since we last developed a new ...

That process led to the group discovering a lasso peptide that exhibited broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and was effective at killing both gram-positive and gram-negative pathogenic bacteria, along ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Lariocidin hits drug-resistant bacteria where others fail — by hijacking the ribosome at a ...

The last time a new class of antibiotics reached the market was nearly three decades ago—but that could soon change, thanks ...

A small molecule shaped like a lasso may be a powerful tool in the fight against infectious diseases, according to a new ...