New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Certain antibodies employ unusual tactics to keep germs from attaching to cells in our bodies. Their defensive strategies ...

Type VI secretion systems (T6SS) are sophisticated nanomachines that bacteria employ to inject effector proteins directly into neighbouring cells. These systems are structurally reminiscent of ...

Inflammatory gut bacteria that carry proteins structurally similar to myelin may trigger the development and progression of ...

Researchers have found that specific gut cells, BEST4/CA7+ cells, regulate electrolyte and water balance in response to bacterial toxins that cause diarrhea. Their findings show that these cells ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

Scientists have found that antibodies stop UTI-causing E. coli by jamming or mimicking cell receptors, preventing bacterial ...

The gut microbiome has been shown to influence tumor growth and contribute to therapeutic resistance. Scientists have ...

Studies published in Nature Cancer reveal how bacterial presence in head and neck cancers affects treatment response, ...