Researchers created safe synthetic antibiotics from frog molecules. These may help fight superbugs in the future.

As well-researched as the immune system is, it still regularly manages to throw us a surprise or two. The latest discovery? A whole new mechanism that’s been hidden all along in cells' garbage ...

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Frogs may hold the key to fighting dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. These amazing animals have survived for hundreds of ...

In seeking new antibiotic sources, researchers have turned to an unlikely source: a whiffy frog known as Odorrana andersonii.

In a new paper, researchers describe the creation of synthetic peptides, a class of antibiotics, derived from the secretions ...

Frogs have thrived for hundreds of millions of years, spreading across virtually every corner of Earth, from tropical jungles ...

As antibiotic resistance threatens to undermine modern medicine, antimicrobial peptides present a promising alternative approach. These compounds, many inspired by natural defense peptides found ...

A small molecule shaped like a lasso may be a powerful tool in the fight against infectious diseases, according to a new study in Nature co-authored by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

Peptides designed by artificial intelligence restrict both drug-resistant bacteria and rapidly evolving viruses.

To their surprise, the researchers found that many of these degradation products matched sequences previously identified as antimicrobial peptides, critical components of the innate immune system ...