"We need to develop better antimicrobial treatments for these suffering patients, and we need to do it now." ...

Some bacteria, among the deadliest in the world, seek out blood in the body like microscopic vampires, researchers say. National Cancer Institute via Unsplash Dracula. Edward Cullen. Morbius. Count ...

A gut bacterium may be quietly fueling depression through an unexpected chemical twist. Researchers found that when Morganella morganii interacts with a common pollutant, it produces a molecule that ...

A new study reveals that the gut microbiome is way more complex than people might think. A virus in it may hold the key to ...

Antibiotics are designed to kill harmful bacteria and help the body recover from infection. But some antibiotics may also ...

The human body is a complex organism, made up of trillions of cells. But not all of them are human — about half of them are fungi, microbes and bacteria. Scientists are starting to understand how and ...

The image below represents the 'human microbiome tree of life' which includes the thousands of new species that were discovered in this work. It is thus a representation of the total diversity of the ...

Antibiotics are a double-edged sword—they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the cells of the human body. An international research team led by the Helmholtz ...

Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death. Subscribe ...

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Rats and their fleas take the rap for spreading the plague, but lice that infest people may share the blame. Human body lice can harbor plague-causing bacteria and can transmit the disease by biting, ...