Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ...

That process led to the group discovering a lasso peptide that exhibited broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and was effective ...

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

Researchers created safe synthetic antibiotics from frog molecules. These may help fight superbugs in the future.

Frogs may hold the key to fighting dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. These amazing animals have survived for hundreds of ...

The last time a new class of antibiotics reached the market was nearly three decades ago—but that could soon change, thanks ...

As antibiotic resistance threatens to undermine modern medicine, antimicrobial peptides present a promising alternative approach. These compounds, many inspired by natural defense peptides found ...

To their surprise, the researchers found that many of these degradation products matched sequences previously identified as antimicrobial peptides, critical components of the innate immune system ...

In seeking new antibiotic sources, researchers have turned to an unlikely source: a whiffy frog known as Odorrana andersonii.

A new molecule, lariocidin, offers hope in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, killing drug-resistant bacteria with a ...

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A small molecule shaped like a lasso may be a powerful tool in the fight against infectious diseases, according to a new study in Nature co-authored by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.