Chaos-inducing genetic approach stymies antibiotic-resistant superbugs A genetic disruption strategy developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers effectively stymies the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as E. coli, giving scientists a crucial leg up in the ongoing battle against deadly superbugs. These multidrug-resistant pathogens–which adapt to current antibiotics faster than new ones can be created–infect nearly 2 million people and …

Inching closer to a soft spot in isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis is a public health threat. TB and other bacteria become resistant to antibiotics by evolving genetic changes over time, which they can do quite quickly because bacterial lifecycles are short. In fact, it takes only a single genetic mutation to grant TB resistance to isoniazid, one of the first-line …