Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

A student-led experiment compares bacterial protein synthesis on Earth and in the ISS under microgravity conditions.

The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that bacteria can drive stem cell regeneration to repair the ...

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new ...

Scientific breakthroughs in one disease don't always shed light on treating other diseases. But that's been the surprising journey of one Mayo Clinic research team. After identifying a sugar molecule ...

The project, involving a dozen labs and data from over 600,000 individual mouse brain cells, covered areas representing over 95% of the brain. Findings from the research, published in two papers in ...

The most powerful computer might one day be made of living cells instead of silicon and wires. A new project at Rice University in Texas is working to make that vision a reality. With a $1.99 million ...

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown for the first time that it’s possible to detect dormant cancer cells in breast cancer survivors and eliminate them with repurposed drugs, ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. The Rcs signal transduction system is a ...