Nanoparticles coated with a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV while leaving surrounding cells intact.
Nanoparticles coated with a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV while leaving surrounding cells intact.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
The nanoscale structure of a clanger cicada’s wings destroys threatening microbes on contact.
Two experts propose replacing Phase 3 trials with smaller, faster alternatives and post-market surveillance to invigorate the pharmaceutical industry.
The method to the dengue virus's maddening infectiousness.
Contrary to previous assumptions that macrolide antibiotics completely block the exit tunnel of ribosomes, new evidence shows that some peptides are allowed to pass.
A chance encounter with a crab apple tree leads to the discovery of a new bacterial species and clues to the evolution of insect endosymbionts.
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.
An Oregon teenager spent a summer in a New York biochemistry lab helping to discover a novel molecule that could become the next commercial nonaddictive painkiller.