Bacteria use a short RNA guide to detect viruses and activate a self-destruct mechanism that protects the wider microbial ...

An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) swims in a tank at the Center for Regenerative Therapies at the Technical University in Dresden, Germany. Antimicrobial peptides are among the most promising ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are ...

As concerns grow about the end of the antibiotic era due to proliferating strains of superbugs unhampered by drugs, promising advancements are emerging in the realm of antimicrobials. Researchers in ...

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to ...

Sukrit Silas and his colleagues at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco discovered that a well-known defense system in some bacteria can kill the cell as a last resort if viruses try to thwart it ...

Scientists have identified a promising new cancer-fighting approach hidden in the gut bacteria of a Japanese tree frog, with ...

What if the enemy attacking the brain is not a virus, a toxin or an external threat—but a look-alike living quietly inside ...

A study reveals that pro-inflammatory gut bacteria mimicking the myelin sheath trigger immune attacks on nerves, worsening MS ...

Magnetic soft robots deliver and release tens of millions of probiotic bacteria with timed control, disrupt tumor spheroids in vitro, and demonstrate a potential strategy for targeted cancer treatment ...

Researchers at Yale University School of Medicine have identified a way to suppress the daily fluctuations in the activity of key immune cells known as neutrophils.