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Antibiotic resistance

Colonies of lab-grown E. coli bacteria similar to a strain carrying a gene that makes it resistant to all known antibiotics. Many bacterial pathogens are developing drug resistance due to the widespread misuse of antibiotics.

Think antibiotic-resistant ‘super-bugs’ are only a distant threat? Think again.

Health

The death of a Nevada woman whose bacterial infection was immune to every available drug in the US is raising new alarms about antibiotic resistance.

Allen Leonard, research associate with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, uses a custom spray rig to apply herbicide to Roundup Ready alfalfa test plots.

Weed-killing sprays may also be killing our ability to fight bacteria

Science
A newly discovered soil bacterium, Eleftheria terrae, is able to make teixobactin, a new antibiotic that can kill a range of disease-causing bacteria.

Scientists discover a potent new antibiotic

Medicine
MRSA bacteria

Are antibiotics in livestock helping fuel ‘superbugs’? Scientists and courts fight it out

Science
MRSA bacteria

Are antibiotics in livestock helping fuel ‘superbugs’? Scientists and courts fight it out

Science
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