For millions of years, frogs have flourished in microbial swamps yet rarely falling ill. To survive these hostile environments, they evolved potent chemical defenses. Now, scientists are learning to ...

and his team report the development of synthetic peptides—lab-designed antibiotics inspired by compounds secreted by a South Asian frog species. The study builds on earlier work from de la ...

Antibiotics aren't effective against C ... difficile and developed a synthetic version of a fecal transplant. When tested in vitro and given orally to mice, the synthetic microbiome therapy ...

“RECCE 327’s approval for QIDP designation underscored the potential of synthetic polymers as a new class of antibiotics,” said co-inventor, VP and chief research officer, Graham Melrose.

In our experiments with different synthetic liquid media for producing penicillin, we have observed that glycerine can effectively replace either sugar or carbohydrate, hitherto exclusively ...

As with penicillin, only a year passed after this semi-synthetic penicillin was released before methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) was reported. Initially, MRSA only appeared in hospitals ...

Researchers at Penn recently discovered antibiotics derived from the secretions of frogs that can effectively kill bacteria ...