Antibiotics are widely used in clinical treatment and animal production as an effective means to combat microbial infections. Antimicrobial peptides, as potential alternatives to antibiotics, have ...

Antibodies are Y-shaped protective proteins manufactured by B lymphocytes in reaction to invading pathogens. When B lymphocytes encounter foreign antigens expressed by antigen-presenting cells (e.g.

Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are viruses that infect bacteria. Using phages therapeutically could be very useful in fighting antibiotic-resistant pathogens, but the molecular interactions ...

When a person receives a cancer diagnosis, treatment can often include chemotherapy. This method of treating cancer also can affect healthy cells. But what if there was a drug on the market that, ...

An international study led by researchers from the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) of Pompeu Fabra University and Stanford University (California) has designed a system to identify ...

Vaishali Verma (left) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Bennett University (Uttar Pradesh, India) who develops immunochemical reagents for the diagnosis of drug-resistant ...