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

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

In a first-of-its-kind lab study, scientists prove that probiotic bacteria stimulate immediate and measurable changes in brain cell function, hinting at a new direct communication between your gut and ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...