A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how life-saving antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armor of harmful bacteria.

The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...

Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli have built-in gatekeepers, porins, and pumps that decide what gets in or out, including antibiotics. The bacteria's genetic control room tightly regulates these ...