In the fight against bacterial pathogens, researchers are combining vaccination with targeted colonization of the intestine by harmless microorganisms. This approach could potentially mark a turning ...

A recent ground beef recall involving more than 22,000 pounds of product is drawing renewed attention to ongoing concerns ...

While microbes are everywhere in the world, and in our bodies, many pose no threat to us. Others, however, can be very dangerous. There are many strains of Escherichia coli, some of which can live ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered how certain pathogenic bacteria in gut and breast tissue can promote breast cancer development and progression by hijacking a key ...

Pathogenic bacteria often delay the activation of their virulence program until they are inside the host. Researchers have ...

Bacterial infections pose significant challenges to agriculture and medicine, especially as cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to rise. In response, scientists are elucidating the ways ...

June 7, 2011 — Mobile phones (MPs) of hospital patients and their visitors carry a higher risk for nosocomial pathogen colonization than do the MPs of healthcare workers (HCWs), according to the ...

Researchers have discovered and characterized at the atomic level a mechanism that enables bacterial pathogens—including hospital bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa—to ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way that certain bacteria manipulate plants from within. Plant-infecting bacteria have a surprisingly direct way of taking over crops. Instead of slowly ...

Researchers have developed an AI tool that can help determine whether unfamiliar bacteria carry genetic features linked to ...