GENETIC interactions between humans and mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), is ...

Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), biologist Jessie Vandierendonck has been investigating new, alternative ...

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements that use giant viruses—known as jumbo phages—to move between cells. The ...

The microbiome-the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body-plays a crucial role in shaping human health by providing a variety of micronutrients necessary for vital ...

The microbiome-the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body-plays a crucial role in shaping ...

Tiny viruses that only infect and kill bacteria can help treat deadly antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections with ...

You spend a third of your life in bed, but have you considered what you're sharing that space with? Your seemingly clean ...

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. Their work could eventually reduce ...

A large-scale screen of tuberculosis proteins has revealed several possible antigens that could be developed as a new vaccine ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

A large-scale screen of tuberculosis proteins has revealed several possible antigens that could be developed as a new vaccine for TB, the world's deadliest infectious disease.

Patients with implanted medical devices like orthopedic joint replacements, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves run a ...