Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

A fortuitous collaboration has led to the total synthesis of a recently discovered natural antibiotic. The laboratory recreation of a fungus-derived antibiotic, viridicatumtoxin B, may someday ...

Scientists at Rice University synthesize a natural, fungus-derived antibiotic that could someday help wage the battle against resistant superbugs.

Images of a protein involved in creating a potent antibiotic reveal the unusual first steps of the antibiotic's synthesis. The improved understanding of the chemistry behind this process, detailed ...

Ask Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Camilla Kao to describe a bacterium, and she'll compare it to a factory capable of producing antibiotics, immunosuppressants and anti-cancer drugs ...

Understanding the molecular mechanisms that trigger the production of antibiotic compounds, especially through the regulation of gene expression, could help scientists advance the search for new ...

During the 2019 pandemic sweeping through hospitals, an insidious companion emerged in bloodstream infections, where bacteria ...

‘Antibiotic’ was one of the greatest scientific discoveries in the 20th century and the masterpiece of the total synthesis of antibiotics and bioactive natural products is a display of beauty ...

Boger’s work on an antibiotic called vancomycin, which he began about three decades ago, reflects how natural product synthesis has progressed.

Researchers have combined the bacteria-killing actions of two classes of antibiotics into one, demonstrating that their new dual-action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance (almost) an ...