Epithelial cells form the body's frontline barriers, helping keep microbes, toxins and other harmful substances out. Yet ...

Researchers traced a surprising path from the gut to the brain that may help explain why some strokes hit harder than others.

Bacteria already perform some of the most remarkable chemistry on Earth, from digesting pollutants to producing vitamins in ...

A new review details how bacteria transfer electrons to electrodes through nanowires, cytochromes and chemical mediators, the ...

As waves of humans left Africa tens of thousands of years ago, eventually populating the entire planet, they were joined on ...

Shortening the span between examination and diagnosis "is critical time that can be used to treat the patient and possibly ...

Researchers at LMU have discovered how a metabolite produced by gut bacteria can influence brain damage after stroke. Their ...

New research has shown how collaboration can even be beneficial in the microbial world. A study reported in Science has outlined how bacterial cells can work in unison to survive antibiotic exposure.

Researchers have discovered that bacteria can sense threats in advance through a general danger signal. Bacteria detect when nearby cells are dying and proactively form a protective biofilm.

Soil bacteria break down organic matter and cycle nutrients. Healthy populations thrive with less tillage and good soil structure.

Learn how violet-blue light killed at least 99% of food-poisoning bacteria in lab tests and could help reduce chicken ...