Swiss pharma giant Roche says its new antibiotic zosurabalpin will progress to phase 3 testing. It’s the first drug in its ...

Researchers have created a pipeline for discovering unique combinations of molecules that increase the effectiveness of ...

Roche is planning to move a new antibiotic into late-stage clinical trials after studies showed it had potential to tackle a ...

All that said, when it comes to antibiotic resistance, gram-negative bacteria have an edge thanks to their double membranes. The outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria physically blocks some ...

A team led by Paul Hergenrother at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has discovered a new antibiotic that exclusively targets gram-negative bacteria and avoids wiping out the ecosystem ...

Antibiotics are overused by some and out of reach for others - fuelling resistance and leaving deadly gaps in care.

Their discovery was challenging because most antibiotic targets are shared by both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Since the gut microbiome contains many Gram-negative bacteria ...

Infection control standards need to be followed closely to prevent the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant infections. Gram-negative bacteria have a hard, protective outer shell.

The searches combined terms for Gram-negative bacteria, appropriate or inappropriate ... Patients had to have been given empiric antibiotic therapy prior to the identification of culture results.

If successful, it would be the first new class of drug against certain bacteria strains for more than 50 years ...

Gram-positive bacteria show blue or purple after Gram-staining in a laboratory test. They have thick cell walls. Gram-negative bacteria show pink or red on staining and have thin walls. They ...