A Franco-British team of scientists has explored two human proteins recently identified as immune enzymes. Structural studies ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ ...

We are continually in an evolutionary arms race with bacteria. As we develop new antibiotics, they develop resistance, and so ...

A Université de Montréal study has found a previously unknown mechanism in bacterial reproduction that could be attacked by ...

Scientists at MIT have discovered that a little-known protein called intelectin-2 plays a powerful double role in defending the gut. The protein strengthens the mucus layer that lines the ...

Bacterial colonies are far more than simple "piles of cells." They are dynamic, multicellular-like systems characterized by ...

Andrew Monteith receives funding from the National Institute of Health. Research from my colleagues and I revealed that mitochondria play another key role in your immune response: sensing bacterial ...