Like most bacteria, Vibrio cholerae lives under constant attack from viruses. To survive, bacteria equip themselves with ...

Researchers at Umeå University show how tick‑borne viruses remodel human cells into virus factories, using an advanced ...

We're breaking down the theory that you can delay food poisoning with a zap in the microwave.

Researchers have discovered that the immune system's T cells can travel to the prostate to provide long-term protection against infections. Their findings suggest we might harness these same ...

As the generations dragged on past the 27th iteration, the birth rate began to silently collapse. By the 57th generation, a mere 0.6 percent of the cloned embryos survived. The 58th generation ...

Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime and reemerge later to cause new problems. How and why viral levels in the ...

How can an HIV positive woman give birth to a healthy baby? With proper medical care and antiretroviral therapy, a safe pregnancy is possible — as Vivian from Uganda shows. Plus: What helps against ...

The characteristics of the protein that allows Marburg virus to enter human cells so efficiently – 300 times more efficiently than Ebola – have been identified. University of Minnesota (MN, USA) ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside common gut bacteria may be linked to colorectal cancer, according to new research. Scientists in Denmark found that colorectal cancer patients were about twice ...

Dr. Ellen Foxman still remembers her young son struggling to breathe as he battled an asthma attack that tightened his small airways. For any parent, it’s a frightening moment – one that has stayed ...

What lingers on the objects people touch every day can quietly shape how infection risk increases or decreases. That insight matters for how spaces are cleaned, built, and judged for safety when ...