The journal PLOS Pathogens abruptly retracts the seminal paper linking XMRV to disease.
The journal PLOS Pathogens abruptly retracts the seminal paper linking XMRV to disease.
A seventh patient succumbs to a deadly, drug-resistant superbug terrorizing the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
Reinvestigating a natural antibiotic compound reveals its potential as a tuberculosis drug.
Many vaccines are on the market for various serogroups of meningococcal disease, but a solution to provide broad protection against MenB remains elusive.
Researchers identified the 3-step process leaf-cutter ants use to grow helpful bacteria on their bodies.
Friendly sinus bacteria may keep sinusitis-causing strains in check.
A cheap pain reliever that can kill drug-resistant, tuberculosis-causing bacteria may never be tested.
With a cardboard box, a light source, and some filters, roadside clinics can accurately test for tuberculosis.
September 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the September 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Mimicking a host-cell histone protein offers flu a sneaky tactic to suppress immune response.