Australian microbiologists have shown that a newly discovered natural antibiotic, teixobactin, could be effective in treating bacteri...

Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, but overuse is leading to antibiotic resistance, one of the world's most pressing health threats...

The class of chemicals characterized as biocides are used in all parts of society from home to hospital, to farms and industry. The pr...

World Antibiotic Awareness Week (16-20 November 2015) and the Antibiotic Guardian campaign. This is an annual event marked throughout ...

A new antibiotic has been discovered: Teixobactin. This in itself represents a significant breakthrough since it is the first new type ...

Resistance also increases the cost of health care with lengthier stays in hospital and more intensive care required. This one aspect ha...

WHO has released its first global report on antimicrobial resistance. The report indicates “resistance is occurring across many different...

The looming disaster of antimicrobial resistance is a well-known one, but what is European strategy for tackling this ‘catastrophic thr...

Humans face the very real risk of a future without antibiotics. The implications of this are that life expectancy could fall due to people...

A new generation of antibacterial materials have been developed. These are synthetic materials covered in nano-spikes resembling those fou...