A dangerous hospital superbug has been found to digest plastic—specifically the kind used in some sutures, stents and ...

Bacterial resistance negates the effect of antibiotics in the treatment of infection. Using mouse models, researchers now show that if antibiotics are administered with an enzyme called endolysin, the ...

Unfortunately, Vibrio natriegens doesn't have the sophisticated molecular tools that are available in a species like E. coli.

Bacterial resistance negates the effect of antibiotics in the treatment of infection. Using mouse models, researchers now show that if antibiotics are ...

Staphylococcus borealis has been found to be resistant to several different types of antibiotics, posing a potentially ...

More than 280,000 people in Germany have multiple sclerosis (MS) and approximately 15,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.

The origin of complex eukaryotic cells, of the type found in all plants and animals, is shrouded in mystery. Now, strange ...

A Brazilian study of 728 infants found that ultra-processed foods can harm gut microbiota diversity, with stronger effects in ...

Tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease, is estimated to infect around 10 million people each year, and kills more than 1 million annually. Once established in the lungs, the bacteria's ...

Among the nearly half of adults who didn't wash their hands at important times, forgetting was the most common reason why.

An government research lab that had been used to conduct “cruel” and deadly drug experiments on beagles has been shut down, ...