antibiotic

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If bacteria stop growing, the antibiotic in that tube is effective.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Prof Robin May, chief scientific officer at the UKHSA, says its analysis offers "strong reassurance that our existing vaccinations and antibiotic treatment offer will be effective against this strain".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The discovery led to the first widely used antibiotic and transformed modern medicine.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Scientists in Leiden have developed a new antibiotic called EVG7 that can combat the dangerous gut bacterium C. difficile using only a very small dose.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

She ran her hands over the other things he had laid out: scissors, antibiotic ointment, bandages.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby