Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. A lung pathogen grows stronger in iron-rich environments, but at the cost of its own virulence, revealing a hidden trade-off behind chronic infection. Study: Iron dictates ...

Cholera remains a major global public health challenge, with an estimated 1.3 to 4 million cases and tens of thousands of deaths reported worldwide each year. Caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae , ...

The world is still in its seventh cholera pandemic, which has been surging since 2021, and case rates in various countries continue to be high. The disease is usually caused when water or food ...

Emerging evidence suggests the Pseudomonas aeruginosa accessory genome is enriched with uncharacterized virulence genes. Identification and characterization of such genes may reveal novel pathogenic ...

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Researchers at the University of California (CA, USA) have uncovered a mechanism that allows Group A Streptococcus (GAS) to avoid immune detection, enhancing bacterial virulence and decreasing ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s. In the decades since, the bacterial disease was ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a global health crisis, responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and posing an existential threat to our ...

Scientists have uncovered new clues about why diabetic foot infections can become so severe and difficult to treat. By ...