All ribosomes
May 24, 2021
Can antibiotics treat human diseases in addition to bacterial infections?UIC researchers prove that drugs designed for bacteria have potential to act on human cells
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
April 6, 2018
A new class of antibiotics to combat drug resistanceNewly discovered antibiotic binds to ribosome, disrupts protein synthesis
July 29, 2015
Researchers design first artificial ribosomeDiscovery could enable production of new drugs
October 24, 2012
Antibiotics That Only Partly Block Protein Machinery Allow Germs To Poison ThemselvesPowerful antibiotics that scientists and physicians thought stop the growth of harmful bacteria by completely blocking their ability to make proteins actually allow the germs to continue producing certain proteins — which may help do them in.