Researchers from Durham University, Jagiellonian University (Poland) and the John Innes Center have achieved a breakthrough ...

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious ...

Israeli professor wins $1.2 million grant to support his study of how gut bacteria's chemical signals may affect human ...

A bacterial cell (left) is simultaneously attacked on two fronts: by antibiotics and by a positively charged, bactericidal peptide-based material that disrupts the structure of the bacteria’s ...

The discovery could pave the way to starving antibioitc-resistant bacteria without new drugs or harmful chemicals.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV), the most prevalent condition affecting the female reproductive system in women aged 15 to 44, is linked to such serious health risks as preterm birth, gynecological ...

Researchers have uncovered an unexpected vulnerability that could change how we fight deadly infections without using more drugs.

Recent estimates indicate that deadly antibiotic-resistant infections will rapidly escalate over the next quarter century.

Experts have discovered that salmonella has been depleting a key protein which the body’s own immune cells need to function.

Bacteria are helping to enhance the body's immune system's ability to attack cancer cells. This phenomenon is paving the way ...