A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

While water lilies are perhaps most famous for starring in French impressionist artist Claude Monet’s work, they may also have a molecular secret weapon that could help in our ongoing fight against ...

Tovi Lehmann, facility head at the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke to students and faculty Sept. 19 about new findings ...

Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. One study has examined the cell walls of fungi to look for weaknesses, while ...

New research has provided fresh insights into how a dangerous bacterium called Legionella pneumophila can interfere with the normal functions of the cells it infects. The findings have been reported ...

Burkholderia pseudomallei is considered one of the most dangerous bacterial pathogens in the tropics. The disease melioidosis, caused by these ...

Ancient pathogens that escape from melting permafrost have real potential to damage microbial communities and might potentially threaten human health, according to a new study. Ancient pathogens that ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

A research team at Leibniz-HKI describes a new enzyme in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition that renders the highly toxic molecule malleicyprol harmless. Malleicyprol is considered an ...