Pharmaceuticals

CDC Research suggests that increasing prescriptions and physiological differences are driving a rise in deaths

Microbes exposed to a small amount of silver become more vulnerable to antibiotic attack. Karen Hopkin reports

Although the total number of TB cases is falling worldwide, more dangerous strains appear to be proliferating

Bad mood? Sleep loss? Memory trouble? Check your prescriptions

Meet Melanie Kim Müller, one of the promising young chemists attending the 2013 Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting

Fucose may help Salmonella defeat the gut’s natural microbiota

The saliva of elderly men and women has significantly more proteins that fight off some flu viruses than what's found in younger people's saliva. Christopher Intagliata reports

A sugar matrix could be trapping would-be tumors in these long-lived mammals

The antimicrobial treatment could help to solve modern bacterial resistance

New research has found that the pharmaceuticals, which are frequently showing up in U.S. streams, can alter genes responsible for building fish brains and controlling their behavior

Meet Chiara Nardon, one of the promising young chemists attending the 2013 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

A rise in unvaccinated children poses a public health threat