Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal.

Grandparents play an important role in a child’s life, but sometimes their love and care do not align with parents’ ...

Winter is synonymous with a plethora of health issues. Coughs, colds, and fever are common in winter, but unnecessary antibiotic use can do more harm than good. Here, the expert explains why it is ...

Start by asking about generics Generic medications offer the same quality, safety and effectiveness as brand-name drugs but ...

Overuse of antibiotics can cause overall drug resistance, suppressed immunity and long-term side effects (Image: Pexels) Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, not viral illnesses like colds or flu.

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the classic idea of dormancy. The researchers show that some cells enter ...

The pathogen that causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is notorious for its ability to develop drug resistance. But now there are two more treatment options. In December, the U.S. Food ...

The misuse of antibiotics has come under focus after Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a warning against self-medication in his latest Mann Ki Baat address. Explaining growing evidence of ...

Using models of vertical inheritance and horizontal transfer, they found that low doses of tetracycline, ampicillin, kanamycin, and streptomycin stabilize resistance and promote gene transfer across ...