Scientists at the University of Nottingham have discovered surface patterns that can drastically reduce bacteria's ability to multiply on plastics, which means that infections on medical devices ...

Plants offer many advantages over bacteria as agents for bioremediation; however, they typically lack the degradative capabilities of specially selected bacterial strains. Transgenic plants ...

Multiple sclerosis and gut microbiota: Lachnospiraceae from the ileum of MS twins trigger MS-like disease in germfree transgenic mice—An unbiased functional study. We developed a two-tiered strategy ...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A bacterial infection in Milwaukee has been linked to an unlicensed tattoo operation serving minors at multiple locations in the city.

A Texas woman died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from tap water used to clear out her sinuses.. The 71-year-old, who was not identified, fell ill within four days of using a nasal ...

The first bacteria our bodies meet – in the hours after we're born – could protect us from dangerous infections, UK scientists say. They have shown, for the first time, that good bacteria seem ...

People go to great lengths to maintain youthful-looking skin with masks, creams and serums. Now, researchers have discovered compounds with anti-aging properties hidden beneath our own skin.

Alpha and beta-diversity analysis on taxonomic and functional profiles in CRC stages and primary tumor location. Credit: Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03693-9 ...

Left: Without the immune signaling molecule interferon gamma (IFNγ), Burkholderia thailandensis bacteria (red rods) use the protein BimA (red squares) to assemble actin (green) from the host cell to ...