Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Now, researchers from Yale have found that a specific bacterium, called Enterococcus gallinarum, can move from the gut to ...

A small molecule shaped like a lasso may be a powerful tool in the fight against infectious diseases, according to a new study in Nature co-authored by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria--such as how they synthesise their protective capsules--is essential for developing new ...

Scientists have long struggled to target proteins that lack defined structure and are involved in cancer, neurodegenerative ...

Pain in your belly or around the pelvic region is also among the possible symptoms if TB has spread, while at the other end ...

Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three ...

The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival.

Bacterial diseases will spread rapidly through a field in hot, wet weather. While we had the heat last year, we did not have ...

Lyme disease, spread by infected ticks, starts with flu-like symptoms but can lead to serious neurological, heart, and joint ...