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AI discovers new class of antibiotics to kill drug-resistant bacteria

Artificial intelligence helped screen millions of chemical compounds to find a class of antibiotics capable of killing two different types of drug-resistant bacteria

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Superbugs will struggle to evolve resistance to unusual new antibiotic

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New antibiotic may clear Clostridium difficile and stop reinfection

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C. difficile spore in gold emerges from a bacterium in turquoise

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MRSA could be prevented with genetically engineered antibodies

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Curbing fatty acid production in bacteria lowers antibiotic resistance

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Curbing fatty acid production in bacteria lowers antibiotic resistance

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Become a citizen scientist in the fight against antibiotic resistance

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In severe cases, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria can cause pneumonia and serious blood infections

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Covid-19 pandemic tied to antibiotic resistance in pneumonia bacterium

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Antibiotics encoded in Neanderthal DNA could help us fight infections

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Antimicrobial drug derived from tree sap could treat chronic wounds

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be killed by pom-pom molecules

Pom-pom-shaped molecules rip apart MRSA and other drug-resistant bacteria in minutes, are cheap and easy to make, and don’t seem to lead to bacterial resistance

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Ants treat infected wounds of nestmates with medicine from their back

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Genetic test for mutation that leads to antibiotic-induced deafness

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RSV vaccine in pregnancy lowers antibiotic use in babies

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A coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on bladder cells in a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection

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Recurring UTIs may be prevented with an antiseptic drug

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