Antimicrobial agents are vital in combating pathogenic microorganisms through diverse and intricate mechanisms. These compounds may operate by disrupting cell wall synthesis, interfering with cell ...

Antimicrobial nanoparticles are materials with exceptional antimicrobial properties, capable of controlling bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. Thanks to their unique physicochemical attributes, ...

Scientists say they have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics. The findings, “The pentapeptide-repeat protein, MfpA, interacts with ...

Bacteria use a variety of mechanisms to render antimicrobials ineffective: efflux pumps that remove compounds from the cell, enzymatic degradation of an antimicrobial compound, and modification of a ...

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in ...

Christine M. Slover, PharmD, Infectious Diseases Fellow, Keith A. Rodvold, PharmD and Larry H. Danziger, PharmD, Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ...

Experimental design and workflow of AMP prediction using in silico tools and 3D HT-HTS. Hirunipin 2 as a selected AMP candidate was evaluated on antibacterial, antibiofilm, antiinflammatory activiry ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified previously unknown genetic mechanisms that promote antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhea, findings that may inform the development of more effective ...

Bacteriophages (viruses that invade bacteria and can kill them) have gained renewed interest as part of measures to combat the growing tide of antimicrobial resistance. This well-documented phenomenon ...

In the field of oral care, a natural alternative could disrupt habits: garlic extract demonstrates surprising antimicrobial ...