A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

Bacteria that rarely tumble are likely to get trapped by obstacles, slowing dispersion. Bacteria that tumble frequently often “retrace their steps,” also slowing dispersion. Dispersion is maximized by ...

Inflammatory gut bacteria that carry proteins structurally similar to myelin may trigger the development and progression of ...

Explore the potential of bacteriophages as a breakthrough therapy against bacterial infections amidst rising antibiotic ...

A research team at the Hebrew University has shown that bacteria can survive antibiotic exposure via two distinct growth-arrest states – a regulated dormant programme and a disrupted, ...

Respiratory infections are among the leading causes of illness and death in the elderly, driven by immune aging, chronic ...

Scientists reveal how bacteria switch direction through a microscopic tug-of-war inside their motors, driven by energy and ...

Plants are quietly borrowing tricks from bacteria, repurposing foreign genes to build complex molecules that look a lot like ...