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Disarming superbugs that can cause deadly infections is the focus of a powerful database now housed at The University of Queensland.

For every life-saving antibiotic introduced, bacteria have developed varying levels of resistance, replicating and adapting faster than human cells.

The main non-psychoactive component of cannabis has been shown to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and Legionnaires' disease.

Tackling antibiotic resistance and exploring the role of genomics in the novel coronavirus are the focus of new funding from the NHMRC, to fight infectious disease.

Researchers are using tiny fluorescent probes to investigate how and why bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics.

A new antibiotic, Octapeptin-X that targets the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria has been given a funding boost by CARB-X.

Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of global antibiotic resistance.

A compound from cannabis has been found to be active against the bacteria responsible for many serious infections such as golden staph and pneumonia.