bacteria

Bacteria can stop a viral infection by an act of altruistic suicide.

Bacterial contaminants in cell cultures pose a significant threat to the biopharmaceutical safety. How do scientists detect these hard-to-spot pests?

Advances in computation and artificial intelligence help scientists identify novel antibiotics encoded within human proteins and create new ones.

Scientists identified a species of Subdoligranulum that may drive disease.

A new understanding of one enzyme’s role in assembling a key macromolecule in the bacterial cell wall takes a step toward overcoming antibiotic resistance. 

A bacterial inhibitor enhances conventional antibiotics by killing Staphylococcus aureus and stopping a communication system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Researchers simultaneously increased the potency of a cancer drug while reducing both the required dose and the side effects, all by using a surprising new drug delivery vehicle: bacteria.

Gut bacteria tailored to a child’s diet may help treat malnutrition.

Nanosyringes produced by some bacterial species naturally inject proteins into eukaryotic cells, paving a new frontier for biologic drug delivery.

A once fringe theory that viral and bacterial infections trigger the neuroinflammation and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease is gaining traction. If it proves true, available antimicrobials could be a long sought-after treatment for this neurodegenerative disease.