Scientists have confirmed in the largest study of its kind that bacteria, not fungi, are the major culprit in auto-brewery ...

Researchers suggest that wound dressings infused with antioxidants such as catalase could be an effective future treatment.

A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae-responsible for atypical pneumonia and other respiratory infections-to obtain cholesterol ...

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

The viruses devise ploys to break into bacterial defenses. Bacteria, on the other hand, strengthen their defenses so that ...

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new way that could speed up the healing of chronic wounds infected by ...

Each year, more than two million people die from advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). Previous research has linked gut ...

Engineers have developed a new way to produce tagatose, a low-calorie sugar, using engineered bacteria and cheap glucose ...

Berkeley declares a health emergency after a leptospirosis outbreak forced homeless encampment evacuations. Multiple rats and ...

Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...

Experiments aboard the International Space Station revealed how killer viruses that infect bacteria evolve their attacks in ...

Whether in the gut, mouth, or on the skin, the human body is colonized by bacteria. Most of them are beneficial and we find ...