Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for cells ...

In 1939, encouraged by Dubos' results and those from his own lab, Waksman began a more comprehensive study of the production of antibacterial chemical ... quantities of streptomycin, in ...

Bacteria modify their ribosomes when exposed to widely used antibiotics, according to research published today in Nature Communications. The subtle changes might be enough to alter the binding site of ...