Respiratory infections are among the leading causes of illness and death in the elderly, driven by immune aging, chronic ...

Inflammatory gut bacteria that carry proteins structurally similar to myelin may trigger the development and progression of ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and AlveoliX have developed the first human 'lung-on-chip' model using stem cells ...

Bacteria that rarely tumble are likely to get trapped by obstacles, slowing dispersion. Bacteria that tumble frequently often “retrace their steps,” also slowing dispersion. Dispersion is maximized by ...

Scientists reveal how bacteria switch direction through a microscopic tug-of-war inside their motors, driven by energy and ...

A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...