An international research team from the University of Leicester, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), and the Moscow Institute of Physics
Bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition
Baby feces may be source of beneficial probiotics
Probiotics seem to be everywhere these days — in yogurt, pickles, bread, even dog food. But there’s one place that
Certain antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise
Nearly six percent of urinary tract infections analyzed by a California emergency department were caused by drug-resistant bacteria in a
Quiet viruses alter body’s response to vaccines, pathogens: Low levels of cytomegalovirus change microbe and immune cell populations and response to influenza vaccine
UC Davis researchers have shown that low levels of cytomegalovirus (CMV) have a significant impact on microbe and immune cell
Phages work together to suppress CRISPR bacterial immunity
CRISPR, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, are an essential part of bacterial immunity designed to defend against foreign
Dynamic modeling helps predict the behaviors of gut microbes
The human gut is teeming with microbes, each interacting with one another in a mind-boggling network of positive and negative
Cells can trap viruses in protein cage to stop their spread, study reveals
Researchers at The Francis Crick Institute in London have discovered that cells can trap viruses in a protein cage to
Money or altruism: What motivates people to donate their feces to medicine? Demand for stool donors grows as benefits of fecal microbiota transplant are recognized
Appealing to a concern for others is the best way to recruit most people to donate their stool for medicine,
Some veterans at higher risk of Zika complications
Zika virus (ZIKV) has affected roughly half a million people in the Western hemisphere in recent years, including US veterans.
Scientists find link between increases in local temperature and antibiotic resistance
Bacteria have long been thought to develop antibiotic resistance largely due to repeated exposure through over-prescribing. But could much bigger