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

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...

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 ...

Pick two.” But a team from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has discovered a way to make vaccines that embrace ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological Systems ...

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Desert dust carries harmful bacteria to the Himalayas, increasing health risks, experts warn antibiotic resistance is pushing ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the virus itself. Named after the Chinese military strategist Kongming—who ...