A US government advisor warned officials of the dangers of antibiotic-resistant anthrax while profiting from antitoxin sales.
A US government advisor warned officials of the dangers of antibiotic-resistant anthrax while profiting from antitoxin sales.
Chilly weather could impede the immune reactions that most effectively contain viruses like the common cold.
Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
A sequencing study suggests that some genes have evolved in parallel in humans and their canine companions, likely as a result of shared selection pressures.
Two new fossils of ancient primates shed light on the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys.
Telomeres and disease; Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes may fight malaria; bat tongue mops nectar; newly sequenced genomes
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
The brain’s role in aging; tracking disease; understanding the new flu virus; no autism-Lyme link; one drug’s journey from bench to bedside
Researchers use a protein-lipid complex found in human breast milk to increase the activity of otherwise-ineffective antibiotics against drug-resistant pathogens.
Desulfobulbaceae bacteria were recently discovered to form centimeter-long cables, containing thousands of cells that share an outer membrane.