Neutrophils are the most abundant type of immune cell and serve as the immune system's first responders. One of their key ...

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

In brief. Many Vibrio bacteria can develop a special molecular weapon, the type 6 secretion system, which helps them eliminate competitors for food.; For the first time, researchers show that ...

Scientists have discovered that a strain of common faecal bacteria can convert plastic waste into the drug paracetamol, a ...

Now, researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that certain bacteria naturally living in the human gut can absorb ...

Targeting the flagellum to deliver a critical, but not fatal, blow to bacteria could help in the fight against antibiotic ...

Although scientists have made significant progress in understanding the disease, there’s still no cure. That’s partly because ...