In a growing global trend, bacteria are evolving new ways to maneuver around medical treatments for a variety of infections. The rising antibiotic resistance crisis poses a significant public health ...

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical ...

Since the middle of the 20th century, antibiotics have been among the greatest successes in medicine. They save millions of ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent illness. The ...

When harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning, such as E. coli, invade through the digestive tract, gut cells usually fight back by pushing infected cells out of the body to stop the infection from ...

Scientists have long known that bacteria come in many shapes and sizes, but understanding what those differences mean has ...

It's an evolutionary battle, an endless competition for survival, that has spanned millions of years. Within this epic tale ...

Bacteria may be the next frontier in cancer treatment, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State that devised a ...