Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

University of Toronto researchers have expanded our understanding of bacterial immunity with the discovery of a new protein ...

Biologists from ETH Zurich have discovered speargun- like molecular injection systems in two types of bacteria and have described their structure for the first time. The special nanomachines are used ...

Which flu viruses are infecting people sick in the prior year To what extent are those viruses spreading How well the previous flu vaccine protected against the flu virus How well the vaccine can ...

A new study finds that a trait helping a marine bacterium survive and flourish today may ultimately become its Achilles Heel as ocean conditions continue to shift.

A bacteria-only sugar has become the Achilles’ heel that could help defeat deadly superbugs.

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

What the research is about Shigellosis is an infectious disease that causes severe abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody ...