Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

Dealing with an infection isn't as straightforward as simply killing the pathogen. The body also needs to carefully steer and ...

Whales, dolphins and seals live in tight-knit societies that rival primate groups in complexity, and those same bonds are ...

Purdue University researchers have developed a device for more conveniently detecting pathogens in health care settings, on ...

Plant pathogens, particularly those from the genera Dickeya and Pectobacterium, are the primary causal agents of soft rot diseases, which affect a wide range of economically important crops. These ...

BILLINGS – Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic wasting disease, the always fatal illness that infects deer, elk and ...

SALT LAKE CITY-Scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine, ARUP Laboratories, and IDbyDNA, Inc., have developed ultra-fast, meta-genomics analysis software called Taxonomer that ...

Infection with the pathogenic yeast fungus Candida auris (C. auris) can wreak havoc on the health of hospital patients and ...

COVID-19 took the world by storm in early 2020, being declared a pandemic in March of that year. While it was the most recent emerging infectious disease, experts anticipate it won’t be the last. Well ...

Periodontitis is widespread and can have serious consequences for overall health. Researchers at Fraunhofer have identified a ...