Lab tests reveal that caffeine may alter bacterial defenses, reducing the impact of certain antibiotics and prompting calls for more research. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly ...

Caffeine may help some bacteria keep antibiotics out of their cells, potentially reducing the therapeutic effects of the drugs, a new laboratory study hints. However, experts caution that it's not yet ...

Amoxicillin is a type of penicillin, an antibiotic that doctors prescribe to treat bacterial infections. It takes effect quickly, but it may take 24 to 72 hours to see an improvement in your symptoms.

“Our work also shows we need to take into account what state bacteria are in when we are assessing the effectiveness of antibiotics.” The E. coli cells were imaged by the London Centre for ...

For the first time, high-resolution images have shown how life-saving antibiotics get past the tough outer layer of bacteria to kill them. The University College London and Imperial College London ...

In a field that has struggled for decades to keep pace with drug‑resistant infections, researchers have uncovered an antibiotic that hits some of the world’s most dangerous bacteria with roughly 100 ...

(Nanowerk News) A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how life-saving antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of ...

Bilophila wadsworthia bacteria, computer illustration. Anaerobic bile resistant bacterium found in lower parts of the human gastrointestinal tract, and implicated in a number of abdominal infections, ...

Scientists create powerful metallic antibiotics using robotic chemistry, capable of eliminating lethal bacteria without ...

A new study from the University of Tübingen in Germany found that caffeine might decrease the effectiveness of certain antibiotics against E. coli by triggering bacterial defenses. In lab tests, the ...