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

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

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

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

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

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

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.