Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...
The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...
In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers adapt a strain of human body lice to a membrane feeder to study its infection dynamics with Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of ...
Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...
Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist ...
Some bacteria, among the deadliest in the world, seek out blood in the body like microscopic vampires, researchers say. National Cancer Institute via Unsplash Dracula. Edward Cullen. Morbius. Count ...
“The UN estimates that, by 2050, common bacterial infections could kill more people than cancer,” says Arnold Mathijssen, a biophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania who studies how active ...
Christopher J. Damman consults for BCD Biosciences and Supergut. Tae Seok Moon is affiliated with the Engineering Biology Research Consortium. The human body is a complex organism, made up of ...
In the last decade, an increasing number of studies have been conducted to establish the relationship between gut microbiome composition and body weight. A recent systemic review published in ...