Mice receiving the treatment produced their own monoclonal antibodies and survived infection with the life-threatening pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

A naturally occurring clay, used in traditional Native American medicine, shows promise as an antibiotic.

Meet some of the people featured in the May 2016 issue of The Scientist.

Coating hospital surfaces, surgical equipment, patient implants, and water-delivery systems with nanoscale patterns and particles could curb the rise of hospital-acquired infections.

This research found that coating hospital surfaces with copper helped battle microbes and the infections they spread.

Metal ions and materials with nanoscale patterns can kill even antibiotic-resistant pathogens. 

Researchers identify a molecule that protects antibiotic-treated mice from an opportunistic bacterial infection.

The US Senate has found hospitals, a device maker, and federal regulators dragged their feet on reporting contaminated endoscopes.

Researchers build a mathematical model that can predict whether a mouse will be infected by Clostridium difficile based on the microbes found in its GI tract.

Stuart Levy has spent a lifetime studying mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and crusading to abolish the use of antibiotics in animal feed.