An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until they are excreted, new study finds.

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

Scientists have studied a new target for antibiotics in the greatest detail yet – in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have solved a 60-year-old mystery in bacterial cell envelope ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack ...

Such detection speed is the result of combining ML and UV absorbance spectroscopy to detect microbial contamination in cell therapy products.

Mitochondria are not just the powerhouses of the cell – they are the immune system’s watchtowers, alert to even the faintest metabolic signals of bacterial invaders. As researchers’ understanding of ...

Bacteria can precisely adjust their membrane lipid compositions to control the biophysical properties of their membranes, which allows them to thrive in various physical environments. Here ...

Cationic monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with sizes of 6 or 2 nm interact with the cell membranes of Escherichia coli (Gram−) and Bacillus subtilis (Gram+), resulting in the formation ...

Whole-cell cancer vaccines can trigger broader-spectrum antitumoral immune responses. However, a lack of immunogenicity and unclear interactions with antigen-presenting cells (APCs) hinder their ...