This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would obliterate any other living thing. Here’s what this means for science ...

A familiar mouth bacterium best known for causing cavities may also be quietly influencing the brain. Scientists found that ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders ...

Mapping the genomes of the bacteria responsible for yaws, a debilitating childhood disease, has uncovered new insights into ...

In 2013, divers began to notice something terrible happening to sea stars in the waters around Washington State. The sea stars were disintegrating and dying. Over 20 species were impacted, and it's ...

Abundance of severe gum disease like periodontitis may worsen disability for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic ...

Cancer treatment has long relied on surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. In recent years, scientists have also started ...

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered bacterium that has the ability to convert the toxic form of mercury present in ...

The microbes that inhabit the gut are critical for human health, and understanding the factors that encourage the growth of beneficial bacterial species — known as “good” bacteria — in the gut may ...

Scientists have found a bacterium that is thousands of times larger than most bacteria Its genetic blueprint is stored in a similar way to more complex organisms The discovery challenges the idea that ...

Until very recently it was thought that just one bacterium was to blame for causing Lyme disease in humans. But it turns out that a second, related bug can cause it too. In 2013, during routine ...

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