Drug resistance

Bacteria devoted to growth instead of "quorum sensing" communication could beat antibiotic resistance

At AAAS, a researcher describes how treating more people for the mosquito-borne parasite could lead to more resistance to drugs

Drugmakers and retail chains offer meds at bargain prices. But are they worth it?

If the newly arrived European strain leads to disease in humans, it would further complicate the struggle against antibiotic-resistant MRSA

Can the campaign against MDR-TB in Russia help curb the global epidemic?

Resistance to ciprofloxacin has emerged in people without access to the antibiotic, but who have taken a related antimalarial

Bloodsucking worms called schistosomes are among the world's most worrisome human parasites. A new genome sequence and powerful genetic tools promise to help crack their secrets

Starving healthy cells helps to differentiate them from tumor cells, a trick that could make cancer treatments more effective

New method prevents the transfer of antibiotic resistance (killing the stronger bacteria in the process)

"Second coming" of HIV cocktails may slow the spread of drug-resistant virus

Detection technique may pave the way for a more tailored treatment that delays the onset of drug resistance