The works shows that white blood cells called neutrophils form gooey, protein-rich rings around sites where the skin has been ...

Researchers have genetically engineered microbes to produce a strong, flexible plastic similar to nylon for the first time.

Brain implants hold immense promise for restoring function in patients with paralysis, epilepsy and other neurological disorders. But a team of researchers has discovered that bacteria can invade the ...

The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival.

A study on Singaporean octogenarians found that aging alters gut bacteria, reducing key species like Faecalibacterium ...

For millennia, humans have had an unwritten trade deal with the microbes that inhabit our guts. We feed them fiber, and they ...

As a professor of pathology at the University of Michigan, Gabriel Nuñez’s life is dedicated to research on microbes and ...