Researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it to fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin America.

New research from the University of Cincinnati demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a ...

New research demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for vaccines and antiviral therapies.

"Puts many of the gains of modern medicine at risk." Scientists issue dire warning after discovering why viruses and bacteria ...

Researchers have discovered a surprising survival strategy that has the potential to transform biotechnology and energy ...

A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own "self-care" ...

The most common way people swimming inland get sick is by swallowing the water. How much you consume matters: “If you swallow ...

A propagating mechanism helps Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria adopt a competent state that allows them to resist antibiotic ...

Important developments in the design of recombinant lactic acid bacteria (LAB ... carried a DNA vaccine against foot-and-mouth-disease virus were investigated following administration by systemic ...

"Even if you come into contact with particular viruses or bacteria, you'd have to contract them in amounts large enough to make you sick," says Judy Daly, PhD, professor of pathology at the ...