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This could re-energise the drug pipeline just in time Could AI save us from the antibiotic apocalypse? That’s the hope from new research in which scientists designed novel drugs atom-by-atom to beat two notorious superbugs, including MRSA. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, causing the deaths of around five million people a year. Even routine operations could become life-threatening events …

If bacteria had a list of things to fear, phages would be at the top. These viruses are built to find, infect and kill them — and they have been doing it for billions of years. Now that ancient battle is offering clues for how we might fight back against antibiotic-resistant infections. As more bacteria evolve to withstand our antibiotics, …

As a medical oncologist, one of the first threats I inform new patients about during the informed consent process for cancer treatment is how vulnerable they now are to infections. Cancer weakens the immune system, and common therapies on which we rely, such as chemotherapy, further diminish the body’s ability to protect itself from infections. An upper respiratory infection might …