A laboratory experiment suggests caffeine may boost E. coli’s antibiotic resistance. However, whether this discovery applies to real-world infections in people is not yet known.

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance — if we can understand how they win.

IntroductionPenicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) synthesize and remodel the peptidoglycan layer of the bacterial cell wall, ...