About a decade ago, researchers in UC Santa Barbara chemistry professor Guillermo Bazan’s lab began to observe a recurring challenge in their research: Some of the compounds they were developing to ...

Race for new antibiotics intensifies as WHO warns drug pipeline remains thin, and remains structurally unfit to support antibiotic innovation ...

The field of environmental biotechnology increasingly recognizes the urgent need to address antimicrobial pollution in agricultural systems. The widespread ...

Antimicrobial agents, such as antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics, are used to resist a wide range of infections. Common diseases, such as malaria, tuberculosis (TB), sexually ...