As humans, we often focus on viruses and bacteria because of their role in causing various, sometimes severe, diseases. However, an equally fascinating but lesser-known phenomenon is the ongoing ...

In their project, reported in ... A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs for human ...

Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; and ...

Attachment of a bacterial protein to the tips of phage tails produces non-infectious, tailless phages. Bacteria Disarm Phages by Disrupting Their Tail Assembly Bacteria Disarm Phages by Disrupting ...

such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology, cell biology, ecology, evolution and clinical aspects of ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

Scientists at the Allen Institute have identified specific cell types in the brain of mice ... identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans—including ...

Researchers have revealed a previously unknown mechanism that triggers an inflammatory immune response in cells when their ...

Minimal cells are especially valuable because normal cells ... The downside of having a biology that renders mirror bacteria ‘invisible’ to natural enemies is that they would not be able to consume ...

Scientists have been engineering “mirror life” by changing the chirality of life’s building blocks. Now, it's time to set ...