Macrophages salvage nutrients from the bacteria they phagocytose to regulate inflammatory responses, revealing ...

The interaction between growth and the active migration of cells plays a crucial role in the spatial mixing of growing cell ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, ...

This finding opens the door to broader research into how many different pathogens regulate their harmful activities.

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a live-imaging system, Phollow, that tracks individual ...

A new study on Lyme disease sheds light on the persistence of symptoms; another new study points to an antibiotic that may be ...

In a lab in the heart of Boston, professor Bree Aldridge leads a team of researchers trying to understand a threat that is ...

Researchers have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage -- phage for short -- that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the phage that ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising new connection between gut health and blood cancer risk one that could transform how we think about aging, inflammation, and the early stages of leukemia.

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.