A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

Despite impressive therapeutic progresses in the battle against infections, microorganisms are still a threat to mankind. With hundreds of antibacterial molecules, major concerns remain about the ...

Scientists from the Youth Laboratory of New Antibacterial Coordination Compounds of the N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IONKH RAS), ...

A team of scientists has just revealed an unsuspected function of the immune system, paving the way for new antibiotics. This discovery sheds light on a hidden ability of the proteasome, an essential ...

Engineers have derived potent new antibiotics from a frog's secretions. The new molecules demonstrated capabilities on par with existing last-resort antibiotics, without harming human cells or ...

This discovery sheds light on a hidden ability of the proteasome, an essential cellular structure, to produce antibacterial molecules.