resistance

SummaryIn handling computer hardware, the last thing anyone would like to do is expose electronic components to electrostatic discharges. Nevertheless, this is exactly an approach that researchers are taking toward faster and more…

The number of cancer therapies available for clinical use is larger than ever before, but unfortunately, resistance arises for every type of therapy deployed. Many of these mechanisms are based on the acquisition of genetic alterations, but…

Back to the future phageThe interrelationships that prevail between bacteria and their phage parasites are subtle and evolutionarily dynamic. In Bangladesh, cholera remains endemic, and natural, clinically relevant infections have been…

Turning down tolerancePersister cells, which are found in abundance in biofilms, adopt a quiescent state and survive antimicrobial treatments, seeding disease recurrence and incubating new resistance mutations. Building on work implicating…