Queensland researchers have discovered that a mutation allows some E. coli bacteria to cause severe disease in people while other bacteria are harmless, a finding that could help to combat antibiotic ...

An inflammatory sugar molecule produced by certain gut bacteria may play a key role in driving ALS, a study found.

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A significant discovery by Case Western Reserve University researchers could change how doctors treat two of the most ...

Mutations in the ‘C9orf72’ gene cause progressive neurodegenerative diseases, namely Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).

Researchers have discovered that a mutation in the cellulose making machinery of E. coli bacteria allows them to cause severe disease in people -- 'good' bacteria make cellulose and 'bad' bacteria can ...

Our immune systems can often eliminate bacterial infections, but sometimes those bacteria are very tough and persistent, and they establish more long-term, chronic infections. Researchers have now ...

A recent discovery establishes a link between an oral bacterium and the development of breast tumors. Work indicates that a microbe is capable of migrating to breast tissue, where it ...

In a new study, scientists analyzed how a biological battle played out between a strain of E. coli and a T7 bacteriophage, ...

Antibiotic treatments are losing effectiveness against a range of common bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, K.

Bacteria incubated with bacteriophages in space accumulated distinct mutations compared to those on Earth, highlighting the ...