Nobel Prize for the Chemistry of Protein Production
This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to three molecular biologists who study ribosomes, the protein factories within cells. Ribosomes were discovered in the 1950′s by George Palade, who went on to...
View ArticleAntibiotics Breed Superbugs Faster Than Expected
A newly discovered mechanism of antibiotic resistance helps explain how bacteria have so quickly undermined medicine’s front-line defenses, turning miracle drugs into duds in just a few decades....
View ArticleScorpion Venom Heals Drug-Resistant Bacteria Infection
A substance found in scorpion venom could fend off bacterial infections in mice, research suggests, including those caused by the deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). As bacteria...
View ArticleDrug-Resistant Superbugs Found in Wild Animals
One of the most notorious and hard-to-treat bacteria in humans has been found in wildlife, according to a new study in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases. The researchers isolated methicillin-resistant...
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