Oysters are constantly filtering bacteria from the water, so they are a good place to look for potential antibiotics.’ ...

Learn why a protein in oyster blood could boost some antibiotics’ efficacies against several resistant strains.

The results were particularly promising for Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph), a major cause of drug-resistant skin and ...

A protein found in the blood of Australian oysters could help in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a recently ...

Superbugs that are resistant to existing antibiotics are a growing health problem around the world. Globally, nearly five ...

While slurping oysters is not likely to replace popping a pill, they could help in the fight against superbugs. A ...

Researchers have discovered that proteins found in oyster blood have bacteria-killing properties and can boost the ...

Oysters could play a role in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria on a global scale in the future. A protein that appears ...

They can create pearls and are rumoured to have aphrodisiac properties, but oysters might have a more serious role to play in ...

In new research published today in PLOS ONE, we show that antimicrobial proteins isolated from oyster hemolymph (the ...

While slurping oysters is not likely to replace popping a pill, they could help in the fight against superbugs. A ground ...