A destructive plant pathogen has long puzzled scientists with its ability to move swiftly through crops and cause sudden, ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

Tovi Lehmann, facility head at the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke to students and faculty Sept. 19 about new findings ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. Led by researchers at Helmholtz Munich ...

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed ...

Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. One study has examined the cell walls of fungi to look for weaknesses, while ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a crucial organelle present in eukaryotic cells, including human cells. The ER plays a vital part in making sure proteins are properly constructed, and that they get ...

Space-based experiments show that microgravity-induced mutations in bacteriophages may improve their ability to target ...

In A Nutshell Scientists discovered a 5,500-year-old form of the bacteria that causes syphilis in remains from Colombia, the oldest evidence of these diseases by more than 3,000 years. The ancient ...

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