Editor’s Choice in Immunology
The initiating cause of Alzheimer’s disease is still unknown. However, from our studies it’s clear that many types of neuronal damage—from traumatic brain injury, to epilepsy, infection, or genetic predisposition—can activate brain immune cells—
Researchers find antibiotic resistance genes in 30,000-year-old bacteria, suggesting such resistance is not a modern phenomenon.
A blood protein involved in allergy contributes to the decline in brain function and memory in aging mice.
Plant and fungal symbionts swap more resources with partners that provide a greater return of nutrients.
A researcher is repeating the controversial experiments that suggested a bacterium used arsenic rather than phosphorus in its DNA—with the world watching.
Researchers identify an antibody profile that may mark patients who suffer persistent symptoms of the tick-borne disease.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000