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For millennia manuka honey has been shown to have wide ranging medicinal properties, which have more recently been identified for its broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity. In a new study, researchers at Aston University combined manuka honey and the drug amikacin in a lab-based nebulization formulation to treat the harmful …

According to a team of researchers led by Gerald Wright, a professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at McMaster University, Lechuguilla Cave — an underground ecosystem that has been isolated from the surface for over 4 million years — is home to a remarkable prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Lechuguilla Cave, …

Bait-and-switch might just be the oldest trick in the book, but maybe it’s time to start kickin’ it old school. At least a little bit. In search of another way to manage the endless slog against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, scientists just figured out how to bait bacteria into developing an Achilles’ …