Researchers at Penn recently discovered antibiotics derived from the secretions of frogs that can effectively kill bacteria ...

Could a gene regulatory network in gut microbes have evolved its elaborate and tightly regulated molecular machinery only to pump out antibiotics indiscriminately? Researchers from the Institute of ...

Publication K. Jain, R. Hauschild, O. O. Bochkareva, R. Roemhild, G. Tkačik, and C. C. Guet. 2025. Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria. PNAS. DOI: ...

Scientists at La Trobe University have discovered how a diarrhea-causing strain of bacteria uses "molecular scissors" to cut ...

For millions of years, frogs have flourished in microbial swamps yet rarely falling ill. To survive these hostile ...

Even better, they discovered that lariocidin—named for its knotted, lasso-like chemical structure—has a unique mechanism of ...

When exposed to antibiotics, approximately one out of every 10 8 -10 9 bacteria develops resistance due to spontaneous ...

Can plant extracts help treat infections and prevent diseases? Researchers reveal how bioactive compounds from fruits and ...

Amid a surge in drug-resistant bacteria, researchers believe they have discovered a new class of antibiotics, three decades ...

That process led to the group discovering a lasso peptide that exhibited broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and was effective ...