Modern medicine has made significant advances in cancer treatments over the decades. But all cancer therapies still face one ...

Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since they were first introduced in the 1940s and 1950s. They fight bacterial infections that cause a wide range of conditions including anthrax, cholera, ...

Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells ...

Certain gut bacteria may influence the odds of developing MS, in part by altering the activity of specific immune cells, ...

One of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet is closer than you think—right inside your mouth. Your mouth is a thriving ecosystem of more than 500 different species of bacteria living in distinct, ...

Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, a discovery that could lead to new strategies for fighting one of the world ...

Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" shape—by keeping an enzyme at bay that would otherwise turn the cylindrical ...

Memory is foundational to our human experience. By tracking and storing our experiences, it helps us navigate the world and ...