Scientists design workaround that improves response to flu vaccine microbiologystudy
Stanford Medicine scientists have designed a way to make our seasonal influenza vaccinations more broadly effective and possibly to protect […]
How a new gut microbe drives the gut-lung axis microbiologystudy
A team has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings highlight how a little-known member
Evolutionary study reveals the toxic reach of disease-causing bacteria across the Plant Kingdom microbiologystudy
The capacity of bacteria to spread disease across the Plant Kingdom may be much more widespread than previously suspected, according
Study shows role of cells’ own RNA in antiviral defense microbiologystudy
Scientists have uncovered a new role for a cell’s own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of
New ‘molecular flipbook’ gives researchers the best look yet at ribosomal motion
At one time or another, most of us have played with a flipbook, using our thumbs to rapidly flip a
Genes linked to deadly parasites’ spread beyond Africa identified microbiologystudy
The findings reveal that climate change and measures to control populations of tsetse flies, which carry the disease, may drive
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope: Principle, Parts, Uses microbiologystudy
In 1952, Marvin Lee Minsky, an American computer scientist, patented confocal imaging based on the idea of producing a point
Nature’s instructions: How fungi make a key medicinal molecule
For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, fungi have proven to be a
Potentially harmful bacteria slip through antimicrobial showerheads
To guard against harmful waterborne pathogens, many consumers, including managers of health-care facilities, install antimicrobial silver-containing showerheads. But in ACS