New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

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

Viruses vastly outnumber bacteria (SN: 1/11/14, p.18) and could skew the microbe-to-human cell ratio upwards, says Julie Segre, a geneticist at the National Human Genome Research Institute in ...

The human body contains 20 times more microbes than it does cells. In fact, a visitor from outer space might think the human race is just one big chain of microbe hotels.

Researchers have unraveled how bacteria adhere to host cells and thus taken the first step towards developing a new class of antibiotics. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email.

Bacteria do not simply perish in hunger phases fortuitously; rather, the surrounding cells have a say as well. A research team has now discovered that two factors, above all, decide over life and ...

The thousands of bacteria in a colony can use their pili to tug on host cells with considerable total force—about 10,000 piconewtons, which So says is about the force of a human bite.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --We are in constant contact with small amounts of bacteria all day, but our phones are growing them out of control. Not only are they overloaded with germs, but they are also ...

How and where bacterial recognition triggers the induction of type I interferon is unclear. Teti and colleagues show that phagosomal bacteria trigger Toll-like receptor 7–dependent interferon ...

Your cell phone picks up bacteria everywhere it goes. Here's how to clean a screen and avoid some of the grossest germs. Here's what to do about it. Here's what to do about it.

UBC researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that convert light to energy. Their cell generated a current stronger than any previously recorded from ...

Signals derived from commensal bacteria may influence tissue-specific 'licensing' of accessory-cell functions resulting in the expansion and/or survival of T cells with regulatory capacities ...