Mycobacterium abscessus (MAB) is a species of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and a major causative pathogen of pulmonary diseases especially in patients with cystic fibrosis. MAB infection is ...

Scientists have created analogs of the antibiotic spectinomycin that are significantly more effective against these highly resistant bacteria. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are ...

Scientists from A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore's Lee Kong Chian ...

Mycobacterium abscessus can cause dangerous lung infections. Treatment usually requires a combination of antibiotics for more than a year. Researchers in China report that curcumin, found in turmeric, ...

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Medicine have developed a possible new antibiotic for a pathogen that is notoriously resistant to medications and frequently lethal for people with cystic ...

Mycobacterium abscessus is a fast-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria that can cause lung infections, and people who have respiratory conditions or are immunocompromised face a higher risk. It can also ...

New treatment developed can completely kill a bacterial infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients, reports a new study. Novel treatment completely kills a bacterial infection that can ...

Researchers Véronique Dartois, Ph.D., and Thomas Dick, Ph.D., of the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation in Nutley, N.J. The pair work with laboratory samples in developing their ...

Fitness is important for the body, and it is great maintaining a healthy regime. However, sometimes artificially induced mechanisms to stay more fit may backfire. Something similar is the story of the ...