Up to 5% of Americans may carry genetic variants associated with cancer risk, according to a cross-sectional analysis.The ...

A research team found that plant-derived compounds significantly lowered the abundance of pathogenic bacteria, antibiotic ...

In a recent study published in Nature Microbiology, researchers developed integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics to facilitate sepsis diagnosis. Study: Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

Uncovering the mechanisms behind plant defense signaling can improve strategies to protect crops against disease.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract • The oomycete pathogens Phytophthora infestans and P. capsici cause significant crop losses world-wide, threatening food security. In each ...

Sargassum is a brown macroalgae that is abundant in the ocean. It has many appendages and 'berries' that are full of gas, giving the algae buoyancy, allowing it to float freely and never attach to the ...