The term “nightmare bacteria” does not bode well for anyone who may get infected. That’s what CDC epidemiologists call carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, which kill up to half the ...

It shouldn’t happen — someone goes into the hospital to get better and instead comes out with a potentially deadly “superbug” infection. The latest big case involves the UCLA health system, which is ...

Antibiotic resistance is a major threat in the United States, with 23,000 people dying each year as a direct result of infections like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and ...

To generate a tissue specific knockout mouse, researchers breed a mouse bearing a Cre transgene under a tissue- or cell-type specific or inducible promoter (A) with a homozygous floxed mouse (B). The ...

Infections caused by a drug-resistant bacteria once considered uncommon are surging in the United States, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds. These so-called "nightmare" ...