Microbiology

It is well-known that bacteria can support each others’ growth and exchange nutrients. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for...

Bacteria may not have brains, but they do have memories, at least when it comes to viruses that attack them....

In a remarkable new advance against the virus that causes AIDS, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have announced...

Researchers have found an RNA structure-based signal that spans billions of years of evolutionary divergence between different types of cells,...

According to a multinational clinical trial involving nearly 20,000 young women, the human papilloma virus vaccine, Cervarix, not only has...

If you were about to enter a crowded subway during flu season, packed with people sneezing and coughing, wouldn't it...

Bacteria communicate by means of chemical signals and can develop common characteristics through this "agreement" and also develop their potential...

Bacteria are as individual as people, according to new research by Professor Peter Young and his team in the Department...

A new study from Lund University in Sweden indicates that inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an...

New research in mice shows that the immune system in the skin develops distinct responses to the various microbes that...

By monitoring thousands of individual bacteria scientists discovered how they maintain their size from generation to generation Scientists have traditionally...

When the human genome was first sequenced, experts predicted they would find about 100,000 genes. The actual number has turned...

One of the great recent discoveries in modern biology was that the human body contains 10 times more bacterial cells...

German doctors on Friday gave details of how an experimental drug together with advanced intensive care helped save a Ugandan...