A bacteria-only sugar has become the Achilles’ heel that could help defeat deadly superbugs.

Tuberculosis bacteria survive by hiding in our immune cells. In her PhD research, biologist Salomé Muñoz Sánchez explores how ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

Bacteria in food can make you seriously ill, which is why it is so important for the facilities that produce your food to ...

A new study reveals how bacteria in the gut can help determine whether the amino acid asparagine from the diet will feed ...

Scientists have uncovered a direct molecular mechanism by which gut bacteria inject proteins into human cells, reshaping immune responses and potentially driving inflammatory disease. Scientists have ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Australian researchers have developed a powerful new way to target deadly, drug-resistant bacteria by designing antibodies that recognize a sugar found only on bacterial cells – an advance that could ...