While antidepressants are commonly used to treat mental health disorders, new research showed their potential to prevent ...

Sequencing bacterial genomes allows scientists to study bacterial diversity, immunity, and the human microbiome, but it ...

Researchers have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment.

In a nutshell A year-long study of hospital sink drains found 67 different bacterial species living there, many resistant to ...

Gut bacteria are to blame for the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer, new research reveals.

Researchers have created a novel imaging-technology combination that can capture gene activity in individual bacteria in ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such 'healthcare-associated infections' (HAI) are a growing problem worldwide, taking up an estimated 6% ...

From February 2022 to February 2023, they collected (using cotton swabs) and genetically sequenced bacterial samples from six ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated ...

A study found that hospital sink drains harbor dangerous bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains. Despite thorough ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...