A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive ...

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...

While some causes of itchy mouth can be mild, others can be life threatening. Read on to learn more. While itchy mouth symptoms can remain mild and never progress past your mouth or head ...

He is the founder and owner of Sandia Dermatology. Melanonychia, also known as a dark or black line on the nail, causes a streak of dark pigmentation that runs along the nail bed. It can be a ...

Vaginismus has traditionally been considered as an easily treatable sexual dysfunction. The elevated success rates, reported in the literature must, however, be considered in light of uncontrolled ...

Inflammation, he says, “causes your body to act fluish, even in the absence of the flu virus.” Pro-inflammatory cytokines usually do their job and then disappear, but when stress is chronic ...

Most people have a form of the herpes simplex virus (HSV). HSV does not always cause symptoms, but it’s important to get tested if you develop unusual pain, swelling, or sores around the ...