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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Super bugs resistant to existing antibiotics are a growing health problem around the world. Now, scientists believe they've ...

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