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 ...

Successful infection often depends on a pathogen’s ability to evade host immune cell detection through stealthy mechanisms. After a person inhales Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) into their lungs, ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control. Subscribe to our ...

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

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

Study findings map out a new way in which antiviral signals engage with cellular metabolism to balance defense and repair.

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 ...

The It Ends With Us drama is reaching the two-year mark — and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Speculation that there was drama between star Blake Lively and her costar Justin Baldoni, who ...