Mycobacterium abscessus is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) that causes lung infections and is growing increasingly resistant to clarithromycin, a crucial antibiotic used to treat NTM infections ...

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, in ...

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Jan. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MicuRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("MicuRx"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel anti-infective therapies for ...

Smoking can really clog up the lungs, even for people who’ve never been near a cigarette. Turns out that smoking habits from the early 1900s are still inflicting damage—not on tobacco users or their ...

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 ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found a way to use a bacterium's own drug resistance mechanisms against itself, presenting a potentially safer and more effective way to treat ...

At the center of this resistance is the WhiB7 “resistome,” a set of antibiotic-limiting genes in M. abscessus. “WhiB7 is a master regulator of ribosomal stress, and many antibiotics used to treat ...

A Shandong retrospective study found that most Mycobacterium avium complex isolates remained susceptible to agents with CLSI ...

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 ...

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the world's top public health threats. Often termed a silent pandemic, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria have caused millions of deaths annually. If left unchecked, ...