Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is known as a major cause of diarrhea in travelers and people living in developing countries.
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Accurate measurements of sodium intake confirm relationship with mortality: New study suggests recent paradoxical results may be due to imprecise evaluation
Eating foods high in salt is known to contribute to high blood pressure, but does that linear relationship extend to
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Scientists reveal how gut microbes ‘recover’ after antibiotic treatment
New insight on how antibiotics affect the gut microbiome — the community of microbes that live inside us — has
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Mediterranean-style eating with lean, unprocessed red meat improves heart disease risk
Adopting a Mediterranean-style eating pattern improves heart health, with or without reducing red meat intake, if the red meat consumed
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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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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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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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Unique protein is a vulnerability in the malaria parasite
Over a thousand people die from malaria every day. The disease is caused by a single-cell parasite (protozoan) that is
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Artificial antimicrobial peptides could help overcome drug-resistant bacteria: With aid of computer algorithm, researchers develop peptides more powerful than those found in nature
During the past several years, many strains of bacteria have become resistant to existing antibiotics, and very few new drugs
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