When our immune system reacts, it doesn’t just fight microbes; it also changes the gut environment. This study shows that during inflammation, our body releases long-chain unsaturated fatty acids ...

Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) is an anaerobic bacterium notably enriched in the gut microbiota of colorectal cancer ...

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

Promoting FtsZ toroidal polymer formation by ZapD offers new insights into stabilizing the bacterial division ring.

Engineered bacteria reprogram tumor macrophages and direct copper into cancer cells, triggering cell death and systemic immunity without damaging healthy tissue.

Dr. McAdams, a physicist at Stanford, was struck by the way biologists drew figures filled with arrows to show how different ...

Pathogens are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics. With the goal of developing new therapeutic approaches to ...

Lucy Shapiro received this year’s Lasker Special Achievement Award for her discovery of how bacteria use genetic circuits to ...

"Our results show that Yersinia doesn't just passively react to environmental conditions. Instead it actively switches between a virulent and a reproductive phase," Diepold said. "This enables it to ...

More than a decade ago, scientists harnessed a bacterial molecular machine that identifies and cuts specific sections of DNA, ...

Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, ...

Aphids, grasshoppers and other bugs aren't the only pests that can quickly wipe out a crop. Many harmful bacteria have ...