Bacteria found in soil may harbor a potential game-changer for drug design. A new study by Scripps Research, published today
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Essential oils to fight bacterial infections
James Cook University scientists have discovered a technique to apply natural plant extracts such as Tea Tree Oil as a
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Killing bacteria by silencing genes may be alternative to antibiotics
A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria may provide a new
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Impact of dengue virus on Ethiopia
Dengue, a mosquito-borne RNA virus, is one of the most serious and rapidly spreading arboviral diseases in the world. Now,
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Reconstructing Zika’s spread
The urgent threat from Zika virus, which dominated news headlines in the spring and summer of 2016, has passed for
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Chance discovery links inflammatory bowel disease with common bacterial gut toxin: New research links common bacterial toxin with IBD
New research has uncovered a surprise link between a common bacterial toxin found in the gut and inflammatory bowel disease
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La Trobe’s infection-busting discovery: Scientific discovery could led to development of new class of antibiotics
A team of scientists from Melbourne’s La Trobe University has shown a protein found in a tobacco plant has the
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Brick by brick: Assembly of the measles virus: Highlights advanced cryo-electron techniques
Researchers have been able to capture images of measles viruses as they emerge from infected cells, using state of the
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Molecule may help tame virulent bacteria and prevent infection: Findings discuss how Staphylococcus can colonize our noses but not cause infection
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in three humans carries Staphylococcus aureus, or “staph,”
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CRISPR-based diagnostic SHERLOCK optimized for rapid use during viral outbreaks: New technique enables SHERLOCK to detect a virus directly in bodily fluids, eliminating a step that required lab equipment and expanding the platform’s potential to quickly and cheaply track pathogens such as Zika during an outbreak
In a paper published today in Science, researchers at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard report a new tool that
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