With lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pentagon is focused on the next one—from the hypothetical “Pathogen X.” ...

The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies that recognize and bind to the cell surface of the ...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a CRISPR-based diagnostic tool capable of detecting ...

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of infections caused by Listeria monocytogenes. There are 28 ...

Our bodies response to invading pathogens through different mechanisms of the immune system. Innate immunity first detects ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

Molecular detection technologies help scientists rapidly and reliably find and address ever-evolving pathogens with optimal accuracy and sensitivity.

The evidence is convincing in terms of the soundness of the theoretical projections and the impact that accounting for group sizes may have on inferences from surveillance data. However, it has not ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

The Ugandan government has unveiled a series of innovation grants aimed at boosting scientific research and industrial ...