Plants are a rich and renewable source of compounds used in medicines, food ingredients, and cosmetics. Since growing an ...

Scientists at LSU have patented a novel way to kill cancer cells using staph bacteria, sometimes called the “superbug.” ...

University of Toronto researchers have expanded our understanding of bacterial immunity with the discovery of a new protein ...

In a new study published today in the journal mBio, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) ...

Scientists have uncovered a direct molecular mechanism by which gut bacteria inject proteins into human cells, reshaping immune responses and potentially driving inflammatory disease. Scientists have ...

A new study finds that a trait helping a marine bacterium survive and flourish today may ultimately become its Achilles Heel as ocean conditions continue to shift.

In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

A hydrogel made from crustacean shells lets common food bacteria generate electrical signals 15 times more efficiently, ...

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

In an unexpected finding, a UCLA-led team has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common type of kidney ...