Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

No matter how much they brush their teeth, some people still get more cavities than others, in part because of differences in ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have uncovered how a ...

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

New research shows that the gene PTPN2 helps regulate gut bacteria and plays a key role in protecting the body from excessive inflammation. Scientists at the, Riverside, are uncovering how a single ge ...

The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

Like humans struggling to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, bacterial cells need social distancing to thwart viruses. But in some situations, such as inside elevators or within the candy-colored ...

Scientists at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed two methods to accelerate the ...

No matter how much they brush their teeth, some people still get more cavities than others, in part because of differences in ...

Samples from hundreds of patients revealed that certain strains of the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, have a protective outer layer that contains more of a type of protein that appears to ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University Health System (NUHS), together with an international team ...

The bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) can infect tissues in the mucosal layer that lines the stomach. H. pylori has unique characteristics allowing it to thrive in the acidic gastric ...