Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new ...

Interactions between the body's immune system and bacteria that live in the gut become disrupted in multiple sclerosis (MS), ...

Biologists converted gut bacteria into miniature protein factories that manufacture and release a sustained flow of targeted proteins inside the lower intestines. This technique solves one of the ...

Human health is strongly intertwined with the health of the microbiome. A large number of studies have shown that the human ...

This study uncovers key morphological and ultrastructural similarities between cable bacteria genera. The periplasmic ...

Scientists have uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide spectrum of antibiotics along ...

Choanoflagellates envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators to consume plant-like ...

Fascinating new research shows mollusk blood proteins have strong antimicrobial properties, especially when combined with ...

A protein found in oysters has been identified as an outright killer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and to strengthen ...

Addressing one of the longstanding challenges in gastrointestinal drug delivery, Virginia Tech researchers have transformed gut bacteria into tiny protein factories. These engineered microbes ...

The microbiome in the gut comprises trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms that live in our digestive tracts, and are ...

Mammalian hosts coordinate various cell death pathways as part of the immune defense system against pathogens including ...