A research team has discovered a fundamental mechanism that helps the dreaded hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to survive. This mechanism explains why the pathogen is difficult to eradicate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pathogen reduction lowers the risk of transmitting dangerous pathogens to other patients. Examples of pathogen ...

Plant‐pathogenic fungi rely on finely tuned cellular processes to invade host tissues and sustain infection. This study ...

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) has a complicated relationship with humans. While this commensal bacterium colonizes approximately 20-30 percent of human nasal cavities and is a member of the human ...

Back in May, the White House issued an executive order to strengthen biological research safety and quickly drew the attention of scientists and the biosafety community. The push ...

It was the summer of 2022 when veterinarian David Needle first started hearing rumblings of a canine respiratory illness spreading in New Hampshire. The dogs were sneezing, they'd develop a cough and ...

Experts reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia, revealing an unknown ...

A destructive plant pathogen has long puzzled scientists with its ability to move swiftly through crops and cause sudden, ...