antibiotics
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Antibiotics target bacteria, but new work in mice shows they also harm the mucus layer that protects the intestinal lining from microbes.
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New phenotypic methods can help identify the best antibiotic to treat sepsis, UTIs, and other bacterial infections.
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In vivo studies of the antibiotic darobactin D22 against high-priority gram-negative bacteria show promise for further drug development.
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Sulopenem becomes the first oral penem antibiotic approved in the United States, expanding non-IV treatment options for UTIs.
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Gut microbes can protect or sensitize each other to drugs, even to non-antibiotics.
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As scientific output grows, the risk of a promising drug getting lost increases, but advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning may prevent that.
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In a mix of innovation and accident, researchers developed a new antibiotic that has broad efficacy across Gram-positive bacteria.
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Plectasin forms dense structures on bacterial membranes by binding to unique lipids in bacterial cell walls.
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Biofilms render most antibiotics ineffective, but ultrasound may be the key to clearing these chronic infections.
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Could the solution to antibiotic resistance already have been discovered? Microbiologists and historians probe medieval and ancient texts to find out.
