Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

In a recent study published in The Lancet Microbe, researchers analyze the global incidences of laboratory-acquired infections (LAIs) and accidental pathogen escapes from 2000 to 2021 to identify ...

A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen – virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite – has proved successful after a decade of use. The test has the ...

Image caption: Scripps oceanographer Falk Feddersen addresses the media during a press conference on Aug. 25 alongside (from left) Senator Steve Padilla, Assemblymember David Alvarez, Scripps marine ...

A team of plant scientists has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how potato plants defend themselves against Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea (Sss)—the soilborne pathogen that ...

The researchers created a chip with four distinct regions, capable of rapidly testing for the presence of multiple pathogens simultaneously. WASHINGTON, June 25, 2024 – Every so often, a food product ...

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical cues from bacterial pathogens and communicate this information to neighbors ...