The fungus behind yeast infections is a mercurial beast, and there's something specific in human blood that may flip its ...

The intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium is a vicious trespasser, hiding within the cells that line the gut and causing intestinal damage.

Discharge is often thick, white/yellow, and lumpy and is usually described as cottage-cheese-like. It can also cause itching, ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the ...

Sperm are such great swimmers because of a slender flagellum that ripples like a living whip, trading brute force for ...

SCIENTISTS have spent decades trying to understand what causes dementia. Is it alcohol? Obesity? Or are some of us simply ...

A recent review by researchers at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) shows Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) and ...

In this study, lactic acid bacteria were isolated from traditional fermented foods in Guizhou. The fermentation supernatant and cell disruption extract were used to screen lactic acid bacteria with ...

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey, published in Scientific Reports.

Specific gut bacteria, such as segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB), are known to drive T-helper 17 cell differentiation, which is implicated in autoimmune diseases, including MS (14). Dysbiosis, an ...

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. Neutrophils are the most abundant type of immune cell and serve as the immune system's first responders. One of ...