Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

Antimicrobial resistance and ecological disruption caused by broad-spectrum disinfectants have created an urgent need for precision strategies that remove harmful bacteria without damaging beneficial ...

A new technique which slashes the time taken to diagnose microbial infections from days to minutes could help save lives and ...

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

Researchers say discoveries could expand the CRISPR toolbox and lead to more efficient, rapid diagnostic tools for detecting COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

Our skin is a crucial, protective barrier that is considered to be a major part of our immune defenses. When pathogens try to infect us, they have to get into our bodies or into our cells, and ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a crucial organelle present in eukaryotic cells, including human cells. The ER plays a vital part in making sure proteins are properly constructed, and that they get ...

Kathleen Abadie was funded by a NSF (National Science Foundation) Graduate Research Fellowships. She performed this research in affiliation with the University of Washington Department of ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Scientists call for increased vigilance. Researchers raise alarm after discovering new type of bacteria killing dogs in US: ...

An overview of how specialty laboratories use integrated scientific approaches to deliver high-quality infectious disease ...