Brian P. Lazzaro from Cornell University discusses the role of dynamic feedbacks in determining infection outcomes ...

Fungal pathogens, notably species such as Candida albicans, represent a growing global health concern due to their capacity to cause both superficial and life‐threatening systemic infections. A ...

The body defends itself against pathogens by depriving them of vital iron. However, this strategy doesn't always succeed against Salmonella. Researchers have discovered that these bacteria ...

Both the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in hospitalized patients remain prominent clinical challenges and are associated with a substantial financial burden for healthcare systems.

Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously ...

In the journal ‘Nature,’ Utah State University biochemists and colleagues report newly discovered details about Cas12a3 ...

Study identifies treatable microbiome features in severe asthma, revealing potential for precision antibiotic therapies. Study: Species-level, metagenomic and proteomic analysis of microbe-immune ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

Fighting off pathogens is a tour de force that must happen with speed and precision. A team of researchers at CeMM and MedUni Vienna led by Christoph Bock and Matthias Farlik has investigated how ...

A team has identified a previously unknown phase of the immune response. The results challenge long-standing assumptions about the process called 'T-cell priming'. These new insights have significant ...