This image shows a MRSA bacterium being engulfed by a neutrophil, a kind of white blood cell that’s an essential component of the immune system. The bacteria (1) are yellow and the neutrophil (2) is ...

Moreover, when that mutant cell replicates, it will pass on its resistant phenotype to its daughter cells, and they to theirs. Thus, a rapidly growing proportion of the replicating bacteria still ...

MRSA is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus ... should always complete the full course of antibiotics to ensure all bacteria are killed and none survive to mutate and form resistant strains ...

By reducing PBP2a levels by exosome-delivered siMecA-AGO2 complex, MRSA can be converted into methicillin-sensitive bacteria ... for superbug infection. Cell Reports Medicine.