In cases of severe infection, identifying the correct antibiotic – and doing so quickly – can be a matter of life and death. Here, a very fast test for antibiotic resistance is being developed. The goal is to reduce the time from taking a sample to getting a result from one day to under four hours. Watch the interview with Johan Elf, Professor at Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Dan Andersson, Professor at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology and director at Uppsala An

Scientists testing a 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon remedy—made from onion, garlic, wine, and bile salts—found that it killed up to 90% of antibiotic-resistant MRSA bacteria in laboratory experiments. The ingredients, when combined precisely as described in the ancient text, produced a powerful antimicrobial effect that individual components alone could not achieve. While this is not a ready-to-use medicine, the discovery highlights how ancient knowledge can inspire modern drug development—especiall