All antibiotic resistance
July 23, 2024
Dual-action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance nearly impossibleA new drug that disrupts two cellular targets would make it much harder for bacteria to evolve resistance
February 15, 2024
UIC research helps create new antibiotic that evades bacterial resistanceNew drug inspired by images that captured how bacteria block antibiotic activity
June 6, 2023
A compound from fruit flies could lead to new antibioticsNature Chemical Biology study reports on peptide’s antibacterial mechanism
October 28, 2021
New ribosome-targeting antibiotic acts against drug-resistant bacteriaStudy published in Nature
January 19, 2021
Unlocking ‘the shape of water’ in mechanisms of antibiotic resistanceNew images first to show water molecule present in drug-resistant bacteria models
May 31, 2019
Most preventive antibiotics prescribed by dentists are unnecessaryUIC study published in JAMA Network Open
July 10, 2018
International project brings researchers together to study microbial resistance to antibioticsJune meeting of Resispart project hosted at UIC
April 6, 2018
A new class of antibiotics to combat drug resistanceNewly discovered antibiotic binds to ribosome, disrupts protein synthesis