Researchers at the Ragon Institute have made a significant discovery about how antibodies can directly enhance the body's ...

The findings help scientists better understand how bacterial cells that cause serious diseases ... at using the naturally dormant phage to pull parts of the viral genetic code into their genome ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria.

As concerns about waning antibiotic effectiveness grow, researchers are using unique tools to search for new ways to keep ...

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed ...

Bacterial cells can also alter the parts of their biology targeted by antibiotics, such as proteins or fats; this is equivalent to changing the lock so the key doesn't fit anymore, Blaskovich said.

This protects neighboring bacterial cells from becoming infected." Silas and his colleagues made their discovery while trying to better understand underexplored parts of phage genomes known as ...