News

After analyzing DNA remnants preserved in ancient human coprolites (fossilized feces), the researchers discovered that many of the long-dead bacteria and viruses found in the feces were the same species thriving in present-day Japanese guts.

The details of many immune defense mechanisms are still unknown, but a new study sheds light on one such mechanism. Researchers describe exactly how GBP1 proteins render bacteria harmless by encapsulating them.

People suffering from Long COVID or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) could benefit from a coordinated treatment strategy, a new University of Otago study has found.

Researchers have closely monitored the evolution of the virus in two chronic patients undergoing combination therapy with the antiviral agent ribavirin and sofosbuvir, which was developed to combat hepatitis C.

Researchers observed increased milk intake appears to lower the risk of T2D only among people who might have trouble digesting lactose in adulthood and not in people who easily digest lactose.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge investigated whether the Black Death led to a genetic shift in disease susceptibility in the surviving populations.

Salads grown on the International Space Station are more susceptible to microbes, increasing the risk of a foodborne illness outbreak that may derail a mission.

Cameroon today launched the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine national immunization services, becoming the first country to do so outside the malaria vaccine pilot programme that was carried out in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

In recent years scientists have been surprised to find RNAs outside of their cellular comfort zone. A Yale study offers insight into what they’re doing there.

Antiviral drugs used to fight HIV were shown to prevent these dangerous complications of infection. Insights into the mechanisms that lead to abscess formation open the door for new lines of thought about treating bacterial infections.