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Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified issues with most genomic sequence data for the Neisseria gonorrhoeae ...

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Antibiotics are no longer able to treat infections as effectively as they once did because many pathogens have developed ...

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New modelling and single-cell analyses reveal how bacterial RNA repair shapes variable responses to ribosome-targeting antibiotics.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Infection rates in the U.S. have surged because of a drug-resistant “super bug,” according to the CDC Medical ...

The U.S. is witnessing a troubling rise in infections caused by bacteria carrying the NDM gene — dubbed “nightmare bacteria”— which one expert says poses a "grave danger" to public health. Infection ...

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Heme binding to a bacterial transcription factor is critical for hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) signaling, report researchers from Japan. Heme binding promotes the reaction of H₂S with the transcription ...