Why does cancer sometimes recur even after successful treatment, or why do some bacteria survive despite the use of powerful ...

Scientists have probed the process that allows cells to swallow up particles, finding that some shapes are easier to swallow than others. Cells take in small particles and other objects such as ...

Researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School have just opened a new window into understanding the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. The work not only reveals ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological ...

Ensuring your children are protected against a potential killer. Meningitis B is caused by a highly contagious bacteria and is easily spread. It can prove deadly or have long term consequences. That's ...

New research from scientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and their collaborators elsewhere describes a way of improving extracellular vesicles’ ability to transport things like therapeutic ...

A fancy new crafting/gathering game mode, Cosmic Exploration, is out in Final Fantasy 14 with some pretty enticing rewards, so the reasonable thing to do is… immediately look up macros to help you ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

(NEXSTAR) – Nearly a ton of salted butter is being recalled because, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the product is “contaminated with elevated levels of coliform,” a bacteria ...

“Narcos: Mexico” actor Manuel Masalva is in a medically induced coma after contracting a “very aggressive” bacterial infection while on vacation. “My brother is fighting for his life far away from ...

Don't be. There are a lot of naturally occurring plastics (e.g., gums and shellacs). What is important is finding ways of making biodegradable plastics at scale that cost less than the plastics we ...

Bacterial vaginosis affects one third of reproductive-aged women, and recurrence is common. Evidence of sexual exchange of bacterial vaginosis–associated organisms between partners suggests that ...