Scientists have often thought of cells as small, bustling cities with parts that resemble factories, power grids and shipping ...

An estimated 38 trillion bacteria live in the human body—and only a small fraction are harmful to our health. However, the ...

Swimming in the blood, sweat, cells and tears of every human are small proteins known as peptides. Many peptides can kill ...

Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are among the most common bacterial infections and are caused mostly by the uropathogenic ...

A new study led by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) reveals that living matter violates previously ...

Scientists have engineered beneficial bacteria to produce chemotherapy inside tumors while simultaneously activating the ...

New research has shown how collaboration can even be beneficial in the microbial world. A study reported in Science has outlined how bacterial cells can work in unison to survive antibiotic exposure.

Bacteria exposed to plastic nanoparticles invaded human gut cells up to 3x more often, though the effect faded by day three.

Intestinal cells in both insects and mammals respond to beneficial bacteria by turning on the Nrf2 pathway.Drosophila intestine with lactobacilli bacteria in red. The green fluorescent tissue on the ...

One of the world’s most familiar probiotic bacteria has revealed a surprising survival trick, and it may change how ...

A kimchi-derived bacterium, Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656, bound nanoplastics well across a wide range of concentrations, ...

Researchers at the University of Kashmir have engineered a silk fibroin hydrogel decorated with titanium dioxide nanofibers that encapsulate silver nanoparticles, creating a multifunctional ...