This flaw has prompted scientists to seek alternative solutions. One alternative to antibiotics is phage therapy, which ...

With the increase in antibiotic resistance, is it time to revisit this alternative class of medications? When interferon treatment was being developed in the Soviet Union, this was effectively ...

Currently, 1 in 7 bacterial pneumonia patients in Germany die while hospitalized—despite the use of antibiotics. This amounts to about 30,000 people per year. The cause of death in these cases ...

As the threat of AMR grows ever most serious and widespread, it is critical to develop a toolkit of alternatives to antibiotics that can safely and effectively target harmful pathogens in novel ...

Bacteriophages have been investigated as alternatives to antibiotics. Credit: Alexey Kotelnikov / Alamy Stock Photo. Bacteriophages have been investigated as alternatives to antibiotics.

Prescription antibiotics, such as penicillin, have helped people to recover from otherwise fatal diseases and conditions since the 1940s. However, many people may consider alternative treatments ...

In the race to address the global threat of antibiotic resistance, attention is turning to therapeutic antibodies as an alternative approach to treating infectious diseases. Antibacterial ...

Here in the UK, 1 in 5 children and 1 in 12 adults suffer from atopic eczema, a painful and debilitating condition that causes dry, red and itchy skin. It typically affects the hands, the backs of ...

Clinicians have used phages to treat bacterial infections since the early 20 th century. Although the advent and mass production of antibiotics caused a decline in phage therapy, the recent rise in ...

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a ...

Vaccines and bacteriophage therapies are being explored as alternatives to antibiotics, aiming to prevent CDI without disrupting the gut microbiome. Though some early-stage vaccine trials have ...