A mysterious bacterial outbreak has put a Melbourne suburb on alert, with health authorities scrambling to trace its source after multiple people were hospitalised.

Treatments that target a fragment of the mutant protein that causes Huntington's disease might be more effective than ...

A new study, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Columbia University, identifies a diverse set of ...

Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

Our limited understanding of the metabolism of our microbial ancestor is a sizeable gap in our knowledge of how complex life originated. Resolving whether our closest microbial relatives had ...

Just a single course of treatment can leave a lasting impression, according to a study of nearly 15,000 people in Sweden ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have developed a new drug candidate that significantly enhances the effectiveness of the antibiotic metronidazole against Helicobacter pylori, a ...

Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of individual human cells infected with bacteria that model tuberculosis – and ...

Tiny enemies lurking in Guam's soil could be quietly stunting banana trees, and a new University of Guam study says the island's soil may already be fighting back.