Nanyang Technological University, Singapore's Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), the National University of ...

TB tests use phlegm — not the easiest thing to get or work with. It takes time for results. And there can be false negatives ...

What if the Trojan horse had been pulled to pieces, revealing the ruse and fending off the invasion, just as it entered the gates of Troy? That's an apt description of a newly characterized bacterial ...

Bacteriophages, also known as phages, are viruses that specifically infect bacteria and destroy host cells through lysis after their replication. Because they do not infect human cells, they are a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers created a system for engineering synthetic bacteriophages. They built phage genomes from multiple ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would later reshape biology and our understanding of life itself. A ...

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1, commonly known as HPAI or bird flu) is a formidable worldwide public health concern. With approximately a 100% mortality rate, the World Organization for ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. We’re hurtling towards a post-antibiotic world, as the overuse of antibiotics has given rise to dangerous drug ...