New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

Common gut bacteria use protein delivery systems to interact directly with human cells, reshaping how scientists view the ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have uncovered how a ...

Effective ways to combat harmful viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasitic worms have driven major advances in medicine and contributed to a significant increase in human life expectancy over the past ...

Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli have built-in gatekeepers, porins, and pumps that decide what gets in or out, including antibiotics. The bacteria's genetic control room tightly regulates these ...

A viral TikTok conversation has reopened questions about why bacterial vaginosis so often returns, and what restoring the vaginal microbiome may have to do with it.