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Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy is the commonly accepted treatment to prevent neural tube defects.

Scientists Find Missing Piece in Folic Acid’s Role in Pregnancy

Aug 17, 2026 by News Staff

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa have identified a molecular pathway that may explain how folic...

Stephanie M. Reeve et al. identified two plasmid-borne genes that confer high-level resistance to trimethoprim for the first time in MRSA isolates from U.S. hospitals; a series of charged propargyl-linked antifolates overcome this resistance via direct inhibition of the acquired resistance elements. This colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts a grouping of MRSA bacteria. These bacteria are methicillin-resistant, and are from one of the first isolates in the U.S. that showed increased resistance to vancomycin as well. Note the increase in cell wall material seen as clumps on the organisms’ surface. Image credit: Janice Haney Carr / Public Health Image Library / CDC.

New Experimental Antibiotics Show Promise against MRSA

Jan 4, 2017 by News Staff

New experimental antibiotics developed by chemists at the University of Connecticut successfully treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...