New drugs that target ‘zombie’ tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey, published in Scientific Reports .

Scientists have studied a new target for antibiotics in the greatest detail yet – in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

A new study found that daylight boosts your immune system by helping infection-fighting cells (neutrophils) work more ...

Even in their natural state, some asperigimycins killed leukemia cells in lab tests. But the researchers went further. By ...

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by ...

University of Cambridge scientists discovered gut bacteria can absorb and remove up to 74% of toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have solved a 60-year-old mystery in bacterial cell envelope ...

A herbal mouthwash selectively killed off bad bacteria in the mouth while preserving the good strains, according to a new ...

An immunocompromised woman’s cat stirred up a lot more trouble than usual (for a cat). In a recent case report, doctors ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack ...

Bacteria can be ruthless. A new study has shown that when their survival is threatened because of food scarcity, they will ...

Mouse study shows human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, hinting at potential pathways to cut “forever chemicals” in the body.