In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the United Kingdom (UK) and Switzerland elucidated antiviral activities of aminoglycoside ...

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers. In these diseases, a mutation in the genetic code ...

Aminoglycoside antibiotics, long established as potent agents against a range of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, act primarily by binding to the bacterial ribosome and interfering with ...

The spread of antibiotic resistance, where infectious bacteria are able to defeat the drugs intended to kill them, may not be primarily driven by antibiotic consumption, according to a new study. The ...