A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists at the University of Bath in the UK led by Dr Maisem Laabei and Dr Ian ...

Certain bacteria, including the dangerous nosocomial pathogen MRSA, can protect themselves from acidic conditions in our body and thus ensure their survival. Researchers have now elucidated an ...

Early experiments in mice have shown how a vaccine that targets the toxic leukocidin molecules released by Staphylococcal bacteria can protect animals against infection with potentially deadly ...

The shoes of workers, wheelchair wheels and flooring are potential sources of drug-resistant pathogen spread in long-term care settings, finds a new study. In a simulation, investigators followed the ...

The natural world is full of microbes, fungi, and plants that have given us valuable medicines, like tetracyclines, penicillin, and morphine. Researchers have now identified a molecule they called ...

As part of the study, researchers tested and genetically analyzed 73 different hospital-acquired and community-acquired strains of the MRSA microbe. They then treated the various MRSA bugs in test ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen responsible for a wide diversity of infections ranging from localized to life threatening diseases. From 1961 and the emergence of methicillin-resistant ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Melinta Therapeutics, a privately held commercial-stage company developing novel antibiotics to treat serious bacterial infections, announced that ...

Background: Concern for MRSA in patients presented to the hospital with pneumonia may be overestimated leading to excessive prescribing of empiric anti-MRSA therapy. This study aims to identify ...

Hospital floors and shoes could be an overlooked source for dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other healthcare-associated pathogens, according to a study performed at a ...

Scientists have demonstrated that stopping the ability of methicillin-resistant Staphylcoccus aureus (MRSA) to degrade RNA can inhibit its spread, both in the laboratory and in infected mice. The team ...

HOUSTON, March 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- C-Bond Systems, Inc. (the “Company” or “C-Bond”) (OTC: CBNT), a nanotechnology company that improves and strengthens glass, today announced it has partnered ...