Pathogens exposed to simulated space conditions during a study triggered a weaker response from human immune cells.

When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells to cause infection and illness. Reporting in Cell, researchers have now ...

The bacteria enterotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella together cause hundreds of millions of infections each year and are among ...

A research team at the University of Greifswald's Research Training Group RTG-PRO "Proteases in pathogen and host: importance ...

Integrated pest management is a method that reduces pesticide use but still minimizes the damage insects and other pests do ...

The evolution of pathogens has received attention in a wide range of scientific fields, such as epidemiology, demography, and evolutionary ecology. Understanding pathogen evolution is particularly ...

How does your immune system decide between fighting invading pathogens now or preparing to fight them in the future? Turns out, it can change its mind. Every person has 10 million to 100 million ...

How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...

Pathogens face numerous microbial challenges during invasion and persisting in hosts. In plants, fungal root pathogens are resisted by rhizosphere bacteria and root endophytic bacterial consortia, ...

As U.S. pork producers work to stabilize margins and sustain herd health in an environment where disease pressures continue ...

Intestinal infectious diseases (IIDs) are a group of diseases transmitted through the digestive tract caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and other pathogens, with fever and diarrhoea as the main ...

Infections with ESKAPE pathogens are associated with high mortality rates and other severe outcomes like prolonged hospitalization, higher treatment failure rates, and increased risk of intensive care ...