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

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

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

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

UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the ...

For more than a century, food scientists have searched for ways to satisfy a sweet tooth without the health risks tied to ...

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

The microbiome-the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body-plays a crucial role in shaping human health by providing a variety of micronutrients necessary for vital ...

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 ...

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