A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...

Mapping the genomes of the bacteria responsible for yaws, a debilitating childhood disease, has uncovered new insights into ...

Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every ...

Tucking into Christmas leftovers after Boxing Day could make you seriously ill, food safety chiefs have warned.

Whilst most of us start cooking with the intention of cleaning up as we go - many will have left dirty dishes to soak ...

Between Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year is often packed with opportunities to consume sugar. But what happens in your mouth during those first minutes and ...

Scientists didn’t understand how bacteria divide up carbon sources into different paths for energy or to build new materials. Professor Ludmilla Aristilde; Professor Niall Mangan; Postdoctoral ...

In a new study published in Cancer Cell titled, “Tumor-infiltrating bacteria disrupt cancer epithelial cell interactions and induce cell-cycle arrest,” researchers from the University of Texas MD ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% rise in infections in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Also known as ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua W. Modell ...

New study shows how bacteria juggle energy needs while digesting complex carbons. For years, scientists have marveled at bacteria’s ability to digest the seemingly indigestible, including carbon from ...

For centuries, eels have appeared in myths, on plates, and in human imagination while holding on to one enduring secret: how do they reproduce? Ancient Egyptians thought the sun shining on the Nile ...