*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A culture dish is used to illustrate the action of penicillin at Squibb Lab in New Brunswick, N.J., in 1943. Post-Dispatch photo.

A UNSW professor in microbiome research and a top neurogastroenterologist offer advice on how to enhance the growth of good ...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown part of the immune system that “could provide an untapped source of natural antibiotics”. The discovery focuses on proteasomes, structures in cells that ...

LONDON -- Sir Alexander Fleming, 73, discoverer of penicillin, died today of a heart attack. He was struck down suddenly by a seizure for which his great miracle drug was no match. But the shy, ...

Generative AI has designed the first experimental drugs aimed at defeating deadly drug-resistant infections in what researchers hail as a significant advancement in antibiotic development. Scientists ...