Summit Therapeutics SMMT has entered into an agreement with Toronto-based Biossil Inc. to divest its investigational ...

A newly developed antibiotic called EVG7 could offer a powerful new way to stop Clostridioides difficile, a dangerous gut bacterium that often returns after treatment. In mouse studies, researchers ...

The bacteria in our gut are believed to be involved in cancer of the large bowel. Exposure to antibiotics, which can affect gut bacteria, might do the same, according to a recent thesis from Umeå ...

If the infection returns—which occurs in about one in four cases—doctors may recommend a second course of antibiotics or a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT). FMT is a procedure that uses a colonoscope ...

Most of us will need to take an antibiotic at one point or another. But if you have ulcerative colitis, you might have questions about when you’ll need the meds — and how they might affect you.

Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli are the most virulent class of drug-resistant bacteria. This week, the UN General Assembly will convene a meeting with world leaders to discuss the looming ...

A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, holds promise as a new treatment for C. difficile, a notoriously difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, according to a team of researchers. The ...