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Antibiotics are the metabolic by-products of microorganisms that in very small amounts are detrimental or inhibitory to other microorganisms.

Soil microbes fight fiercely for space, nutrients, water and survival. Microbial antimicrobials abound in soil. Valuable treasures await prospectors, as Waksman showed.

During the late 19th and early 20th Centuries the United States was struck by a tuberculosis pandemic. It afflicted the working poor and newly immigrated, but was also co

Antibiotics are chemotherapeutic agents used to inhibit or kill bacteria (prokaryotic organisms). How do aminoglycosides destroy bacteria without hurting our cells?

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that can be worrisome for anyone around the world.

The mechanisms of inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis become clearer each year. The recent Nobel Prize in Chemistry rewarded the clearer understanding of ribosomes.

Natural antibiotics are products of bacteria and fungi. In the microbial world, chemical battles are fought and microbes have learned well how to protect and defend.

Clinical trials are experiments on human subjects--which means that ethical issues are always present. This article surveys historically prominent ethical debates.

Fire blight can be a serious gardening pest for many owners of apple and pear orchards. But with proper knowledge, fire blight can be controlled and treated.

Acute renal failure implies that the kidneys have abruptly ceased working.

For most people, the Black Death is a tale from history books. This disease still occasionally breaks out in some areas, and it can still kill.

Sequencing the kangaroo genome lets researchers compare human genes with those of a marsupial relative and could lead to medical advances and improvements in agriculture.

This article describes the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, disease course, and treatment of idiopathic or autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA).

Diffusion is the random movement of molecules and atoms. The properties, characteristics, features, and processes of atoms and molecules are important to scientists.

This article describes drug-related lupus (DRL) and explains how it is differentiated from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Flu drugs and antivirals are special drug chemotherapies that attack specific viral synthetic activities. Antibacterial antibiotics do not work for virus control.