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Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

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

Explore the link between cancer and bacterial relapse in light of new research on biological noise and therapy strategies.

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that bacteria inside cancerous tumors may be key to understanding why ...

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB ...

Certain antibodies employ unusual tactics to keep germs from attaching to cells in our bodies. Their defensive strategies ...

Earthworms remove 70-95 percent of antibiotic resistance genes from farm manure, making safer fertilizer for crops.

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not just the classic idea of ...

Food poisoning is never a fun experience. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll bite into something bad and realize soon enough ...

Among the diverse community of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes that call the human gut home, scientists have identified a ...