Researchers at Durham have helped unlock a new understanding of how bacteria import antimicrobial peptides—the molecules that can kill or inhibit microbes. The research sheds new light on SbmA, a key ...

A new bill introduced this week in the US Senate would restrict the use of "medically important" antibiotics in agriculture in the hopes of reducing the risk of bacteria developing resistance to those ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 11, 2024) In a move to safeguard public and animal health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned nine manufacturers and distributors in December last year to ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation, farmworker and public health groups filed a legal petition today urging the Environmental Protection Agency to ban use of pesticides that can promote resistance to medically ...

Research has shed important new light on the enemies-turned-allies that allow bacteria to exchange genes, including those ...

A global analysis reveals that bacteria in food animals and humans are sharing resistance genes through the use of agricultural antibiotics, highlighting an urgent need to rethink farm drug ...

Antibiotics are designed to kill harmful bacteria and help the body recover from infection. But some antibiotics may also ...