A research team at the University of Münster has investigated for the first time how the confrontation of bacteria with hosts ...

One result: after some time of evolution, the pathogen’s virulence differed significantly between the different bacterial lines. This greater diversity could accelerate the adaptation of pathogens to ...

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

A new study has found that leprosy was circulating in Chile some 4,000 years ago, meaning the disease arrived in the Americas ...

Scientists at RBG Kew and Queen Mary University of London have found evidence that young ash tree populations are evolving ...

Well-preserved genomes show a “rare” leprosy strain thriving in ancient Chile, rewriting when and where Hansen’s Disease ...

Researchers have described an outbreak involving a rare pathogen that killed nine people in China and said there is an urgent ...

A global study uncovers the hidden role of viruses in driving bacterial evolution and highlights a surprising bacterial gene that helps fight back.

Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live.

DNA sequencing shows young trees are more likely to have gene variants that confer partial resistance to a fungus that has ...