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In a move that highlights dilemmas plaguing the U.S. drug supply, federal regulators warned a major manufacturer about problems including bugs in vials of sterile drugs -- insects, literally ...

There is a constant war between pathogenic bacteria and humans, and the microbes seem to be winning. New data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate the incidence of serious invasive ...

Danino became interested in using this oscillating gene circuit to tackle biomedical challenges, so he pivoted to bacterial cancer therapies. Bacteria already have a proclivity for the tumor ...

The average company must invest $800 million of capital over 15 years to develop a ...

Drugs And Bugs Host David Wright talks with ethnobotanist Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D, about his new book Medicine Quest. Plotkin has done extensive research throughout the rainforests of South America ...

This is your brain on bugs. An incarcerated UK man redefined “flying high” after a disgusting stunt in which he devoured flies in exchange for powerful psychoactive drugs, as seen in a video ...

Under a microscope, this drug-resistant superbug looks as benign as a handful of pebbles. Yet carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, or CRAB, is a nightmare for hospitals worldwide, as it ...

“With Bugs + Drugs, clinicians now have an innovative, digital tool in their pocket that offers localized susceptibility data needed to confidently make informed and effective point-of-care ...

Bug drugs: Bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers. Story by Justin Stebbing • 10m. I magine a world ...