Scientists believe they know what causes the treated infection to mimic chronic illness: the body may be responding to remnants of the bacteria that causes Lyme that tend to pool in the liver and ...

Researchers still do not understand exactly how antibiotics kill bacteria. However, this understanding is necessary to develop new antibiotics. And that is precisely what is urgently needed, because ...

In the realm of Lyme disease research, one antibiotic emerged as being highly effective for treatment of acute infection, and early-stage data lent credence to one theory for the pathobiology of ...

Focusing on the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, new research led by scientists from the University of Sheffield in the U.K., examines how bacteria maintain their unique cell walls and how ...

Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part ...

In this video I added the beta-lactam antibiotic known as amoxycillin to a sample of bacteria! Amoxycillin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic - usually given if you have a general infection. Beta-lactams ...