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

Over time, technological advances made it easier to study the microbiota, and in 1977, the famous ratio of one human cell for ...

Pathogens have distinct electrical charges, shapes and sizes. Measuring how quickly they move through an electric field can ...

Antibiotics are amazing, lifesaving, readily available and, unfortunately, potentially dangerous medications that should be ...

With a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of ...

Antibiotics such as fluoroquinolones exploit this vulnerability by preventing the DNA resealing, which kills the bacterial cell. However, resistance to these antibiotics is growing, so a deeper ...

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 ...

Every breath counts, stop pneumonia in its track! However, of late there has been an alarming rise among youngsters in India ...

Antibiotics have been used as growth enhancers to minimise diarrhoea and pathogenic opportunistic infections and maximise the ...

Cells can now be genetically programmed to record their histories within their genomes, a development that could ...

More than 3 billion years ago, on an Earth entirely covered with water, photosynthesis first evolved in ancient bacteria. In ...

Experts warn against sleeping without a duvet cover as it protects your bedding from dirt, allergens, and bacteria, reducing ...