The present review details a chronological description of the events that took place during
the development of mesoporous materials, their different synthetic routes and their use as …

Antibiotic resistance and its wider implications present us with a growing healthcare crisis.
Recent research points to the environment as an important component for the transmission …

In recent years, the unprecedented advances of biomedical nanotechnology have spurred
the development of drug delivery systems (DDSs) based on multifarious nanomaterials in …

Antibiotic resistance is a natural feature of diverse microbial ecosystems. Although recent
studies of the antibiotic resistome have highlighted barriers to the horizontal transfer of …

Abstract Prokaryotic Mobile Genetic Elements (MGEs) such as transposons, integrons,
phages and plasmids, play important roles in prokaryotic evolution and in the dispersal of …

Metagenomic studies have shown that antibiotic resistance genes are ubiquitous in the
environment, which has led to the suggestion that there is a high risk that these genes will …

Evolution is the hallmark of life. Descriptions of the evolution of microorganisms have
provided a wealth of information, but knowledge regarding “what happened” has precluded …

The intrinsic antibiotic resistome is a naturally occurring phenomenon that predates
antibiotic chemotherapy and is present in all bacterial species. In addition to the intrinsic …

Antibiotics have always been considered one of the wonder discoveries of the 20th century.
This is true, but the real wonder is the rise of antibiotic resistance in hospitals, communities …

The discovery of novel small-molecule antibacterial drugs has been stalled for many years.
The purpose of this review is to underscore and illustrate those scientific problems unique to …