Infectious Disease & Vaccines

A new wound dressing monitors infections in real time and administers timely treatment using metal ions.

Researchers identified existing medications that target novel pathways in E. coli, offering a potential solution to the growing antibiotic resistance threat.

Insect wings contain micropillars that kill harmful microbes. Researchers designed a similar titanium surface to prevent fungal infections on medical devices.

Fully synthetic approaches expand the repertoire of possible antimicrobials to overcome existing antibiotic resistance mechanisms.

Researchers designed a nanoparticle that inactivated a wide range of COVID-19 strains, potentially offering a broad-spectrum therapeutic approach.

The physical arrangement of cells within a biofilm significantly influences bacteria’s access to nutrients and may affect antibiotic susceptibility.

One of the most common bacterial infections, urinary tract infections, may have promising new therapeutics on the way.

This year’s laureates have made groundbreaking discoveries from unlocking the secrets of DNA to fighting enteric diseases and cancer.

Many species of amoebae naturally bust open biofilms to eat the bacteria inside. Now, scientists are mining these microbial predators for new antibiotics.

Scientists identified specific genes that confer protection or vulnerability to various infections, pointing the way to new treatments.

In the 1930s, HPV wasn’t on the radar for most scientists.Four decades passed before anyone connected HPV with cervical, penile, or anal cancer, and it took even longer before scientists developed a prophylactic vaccine.

By identifying the types of molecules that accumulate inside P. aeruginosa, researchers drew a roadmap for new antibiotic development for combatting these deadly pathogens.