Systems biologist Lone Gram describes her approach to combing the oceans for novel compounds that may be useful in the fight against pathogens.
Systems biologist Lone Gram describes her approach to combing the oceans for novel compounds that may be useful in the fight against pathogens.
A normally land-based microbiologist sets sail to find the building blocks of novel antibiotics in marine bacteria.
The global spread of dengue virus has immunologists and public-health experts debating the best way to curb infection.
Bioluminescent arcs on a deep-sea lantern shark’s dorsal side highlight its spines.
A study suggests that some mouse models do not accurately mimic human molecular mechanisms of inflammatory response, but other mouse strains may fare better.
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
Meet the bacterium that pulls gold ions out of solution and forms tiny nuggets of the precious metal.
One of the most advanced tuberculosis vaccines has failed to protect infants from getting the disease in a clinical trial, but it may be effective in adults.
With dogged persistence and an unwillingness to entertain defeat, Bruce Beutler discovered a receptor that powers the innate immune response to infections—and earned his share of a Nobel Prize.