Scientists at Stanford are developing a painless, topical vaccine using a common skin bacterium to trigger immunity.

This drug is a valuable alternative in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive cocci owing to its unique pharmacokinetic profile, ease of use and good safety profile. Oritavancin ...

The researchers showed that when curcumin is intentionally given to bacteria as food and then activated by light, it can trigger deleterious reactions within these microbes, eventually killing them.

Staphylococcus epidermidis exhibits different patterns of colonization to skin epithelial layers, which may contribute to long-term colonization. The microbial surface components recognizing ...

Whereas, the lowest MIC value (39.06 μg/mL) was obtained by compound 10 against Staphylococcus epidermidis. Hence, the seed coat of T. fortunei with its antimicrobial spectrum could be a good ...

However, using the rabbit model, Höök and Sand showed that bacterial colonization occurred even when vegetations were prevented with anticoagulant treatment, which indicated that the presence of ...

A variety of organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, and plants, produce secondary metabolites, also known as natural products. Natural products have been a prolific source and an inspiration for numerous ...