An international research group led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a promising new drug ...

Iron is an essential nutrient for S. aureus, which it can extract from the hemoglobin (Hb) in our red blood cells using a protein called IsdB.

A key to antibiotic resistance might be the use of viruses to kill bacteria, however, the systems that bacteria employ to defense themselves against viruses are unknown. Understanding these systems ...

An international research group led by the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a promising new drug candidate against severe lung infections caused by the hospital germ ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, show that the emergence of ...

TAXIS’ lead asset is TXA709, an oral anti-MRSA (methicillin-resistant S. aureus) agent that recently completed a first-in-human phase 1 clinical trial with no serious adverse events.