A research team at the University of Greifswald's Research Training Group RTG-PRO "Proteases in pathogen and host: importance ...

This video explains how viruses and bacteria cause certain communicable diseases to occur, how our bodies protect themselves ...

Phages are viruses that infect bacteria and hijack the cell machinery to replicate. Phages exhibit two main types of lifestyle. The lytic cycle involves the expression of phage nucleic acids, leading ...

We observed that mucus-penetrating PEGylated bacteria could reinforce the intestinal mucosal barrier by inhibiting the invasion of pathogenic bacteria, maintaining gut microbiota homeostasis, and by ...

Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a “third state” that lies beyond the traditional ...