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 ...

Studies published in Nature Cancer reveal how bacterial presence in head and neck cancers affects treatment response, ...

Scientists have discovered that bacteria living inside tumors can produce a molecule that fights cancer and enhances chemotherapy. The molecule, called 2-methylisocitrate (2-MiCit), was found to make ...

Researchers have found that specific gut cells, BEST4/CA7+ cells, regulate electrolyte and water balance in response to bacterial toxins that cause diarrhea. Their findings show that these cells ...