Disease research has always been about understanding tiny pieces of life. Scientists study how cells behave when sickness ...

Scientists have released new images showing, in incredible detail, antibiotics defeating disease-causing bacteria by piercing the microbes' membranes and infiltrating their innards. The antibiotics, ...

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the microscopic "bubbles" released by bacteria in our body do not just drift around randomly. Instead, they use the thin protrusions of cells as a ...

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Scientists are developing cancer-eating bacteria designed to grow inside oxygen-free tumors and attack cancer from within.

A research group in Korea has discovered a novel natural antimicrobial peptide, "Hirunipin-2," from the salivary glands of the medicinal leech (Hirudo nipponia) using cutting-edge imaging technology, ...

A Dartmouth College research team has reported that plasmids can force bacteria to form dense clusters in order to tolerate antibiotics which suggests a source of treatment failure that does not ...

In a first-of-its-kind lab study, scientists prove that probiotic bacteria stimulate immediate and measurable changes in brain cell function, hinting at a new direct communication between your gut and ...