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University of Toronto researchers have expanded our understanding of bacterial immunity with the discovery of a new protein ...

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

When she shared these observations with her doctor, he told her that air pollution was contributing to her symptoms. For over ...

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

By simplifying the engineering process and expanding what can be built, the Golden Gate method greatly broadens the possibilities for scientists working to develop bacteriophages as tools to combat ...

While you probably aren’t going to get sick from just being outside in all this microbe rain, pathogenic organisms are ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

Antimicrobial resistance - when bacteria and fungi defend themselves against the drugs design to kill them - is an urgent threat to global public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Health officials in New Mexico have said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother ...

Most germs in public toilets spread through hands and air rather than toilet seats, making hygiene far more important than avoiding sitting.