Researchers at the University of Southampton have worked out how bacteria defend themselves against viruses called phages and ...

Amyloids are perhaps best known as a key driver of Alzheimer's disease. The amorphous proteins, found throughout the human body, stick to nerve cells like plaque, choking off their function and ...

What they bring back may help us get to the bottom of public health problems on Earth, like antibiotic resistance and infectious disease spread.

To further probe biofilm dynamics, the team tested engineered surfaces with nanoscale ridges — features thousands of times ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the most essential biological processes.

Macrophages extend various cellular protrusions to capture and engulf bacteria. This study identifies dendrite-like pseudopods as a new type of branched protrusions formed by macrophages to enhance ...

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures.

Consumption of soft drinks, supplemented with white sugar, alters the DNA of gut bacteria and affects the host immune system. The good news? These effects are reversible.

The method allowed them to study the relationship between each species of bacteria and its host cell and to identify a species that causes an exceptionally powerful immune response in the host.

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders—by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and ...

A beach along the Sandy Hook Bay in the Leonardo section of Middletown is under a water quality advisory on July 10 after health officials found high levels of fecal bacteria in its water.