A new study has unveiled fascinating insights into the complex relationship between milk fat globules and bacteria. The ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

Feeling under the weather? Local health officials are tracking a variety of viruses making rounds in the community right now.

Scientists have detailed the process of linking a major E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom to lettuce. In May 2024, public health agencies and ...

Researchers from the Organoid group at the Hubrecht Institute have developed a new way to grow organoids. Organoids are tiny ...

Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity and allow its roots to ...

The longest natural metagenome time series ever collected, with microbes, reveals a startling evolutionary pattern on repeat.

Researchers have discovered that some CAR-T cells engineered to fight cancer and other conditions carry the memory of past encounters with bacteria, viruses and other antigens within them, a finding ...

Kissing a newborn may seem like a natural gesture of affection, but it can carry significant risks. Infants' immune systems ...