Today, many people suffer from problems with the microbiota. This term refers to the set of all microorganisms, including ...

A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen – virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite – has proved successful after a decade of use. The test has the ...

A growing body of evidence indicates that the microbiome within the gut and tumors significantly influences cancer initiation, progression, and treatment response. Current research primarily focuses ...

Our bodies are home to trillions of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and a whole host of others. Now, Stanford scientists have discovered an entirely new class of biological entities ...

Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for both the host and its resident. It may seem unusual, but complex cells are thought ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Huang Jen-hsien (黃任嫻), director of the Department of Colorectal Medicine at Cheng Hsin General ...

Airborne pathogens affect patients and healthcare workers. A system now kills germs in real time. Learn more!

You may feel that we all have enough to worry about, and thus have no need for the spectre of zombie-like reanimated bacteria or viruses in thawing permafrost that set off a story straight out of a ...