"The UN estimates that by 2050, common bacterial infections could kill more people than cancer," says Arnold Mathijssen, a ...

Newly published interdisciplinary research led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and University of Maryland shows ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

The odds are fairly high that everyone around you is currently sick. But you’re not imagining things if it seems like your typical sore throat is worse than usual. A “mystery throat virus” is going ...

Neutrophils are the most abundant immune cells in the body and the first to respond to infection or tissue damage. Yet despite their importance, until now very little was known about how they truly ...

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the ...

Penn State scientists uncovered an ancient bacterial defense where dormant viral DNA helps bacteria fight new viral threats. The enzyme PinQ flips bacterial genes to create protective proteins that ...

Covid-19 infections have been strongly linked with cardiovascular conditions like heart disease and stroke, but new research shows that other viral infections such as influenza, HIV, hepatitis C and ...

Ak’chamel are an avant-garde Texas-based musical duo who bring ancient ideas of ritual folk magic to contemporary audiences. They perform in ancient-looking costumes with shamanic features, concealing ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua W. Modell ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed four cases of West Nile Virus on Wednesday in ...

Researchers have discovered that a virus living inside the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus significantly boosts the fungus's ability to survive stress and cause severe infections in mammals. Removing the ...