When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells to cause infection and illness. Reporting in Cell, researchers have now ...

In a new study, Yale researchers identify the targets in the human body to which pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, and other vectors bind. Their findings, they say, could help address the ...

Diverse soil microbial communities may help suppress pathogens naturally, acting as a biological barrier against their establishment and spread, according to a new study. Professor Brajesh Singh, from ...

University of California San Diego researchers have developed a new tool for understanding and modifying any microbiome, including the human microbiome. The approach, called Microbial Interaction and ...

The human intestine is home to a dense network of microorganisms, known collectively as the gut microbiome, which actively helps to shape our health. The microorganisms help with digestion, train the ...

Wastewater treatment fails to kill several human pathogens when they hide out on microplastics in the water, according to a new study. Wastewater treatment fails to kill several human pathogens when ...

When fishermen report strange episodes of memory loss associated with a bloom of the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria or there is an announcement of a new cancer-fighting drug isolated from a marine organism ...

The weed-killer Roundup has been a boon to farmers, but it is also an antibiotic, killing beneficial microbes in our gut. We ...

A fungal infection that resists every drug a doctor throws at it. A bacterial outbreak on a wheat field that shrugs off standard treatments. These are the scenarios that antimicrobial resistance makes ...

Now, a team of researchers have curated the largest-ever database of microorganisms from more than 2,500 different foods. 4 The collection, published in Cell, includes over 500 new microbial species ...