Blow up a long balloon and two things happen: it gets longer and it gets wider. Now imagine a living cell that inflates itself under enormous pressure and yet only grows longer, never adding width.

To support drug discovery, a new study has revealed fundamental features of the transcription cycle in the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine are studying C. diff at multiple levels, from how individual bacterial ...

The Food Standards Agency has issued a 'do not eat' alert ...

The recall covers 200g packs with a best before date of March 4, 2026. Symptoms caused by Salmonella usually include fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. If you are experiencing the symptoms, you ...

Incidences of tuberculosis (TB) is high in other areas of Northwest London, but Harrow is one of the only places where cases ...

Integrating superabsorbent polymers with calcium-carbonate-producing bacteria in concrete significantly reduces shrinkage and enhances structural performance.

Using genetic sequencing, researchers from Denmark and Australia studied the gut bacteria of cancer patients in a large study and found that Bacteroides fragilis produces a toxin (BFT) in the colon, ...

For some time, people believed that stomach ulcers were caused by excess gastric acid associated with emotional stress and/or diets that included spicy foods. Early treatment of this debilitating ...

Imaging-based single-cell physiological profiling holds great potential for uncovering fundamental bacterial cold shock response (CSR) mechanisms, but its application is impeded by severe focus drift ...

Lack of copper in the soil can also lead wheat and other cereal crops to lodge during wet seasons on the Canadian Prairies, plant pathologist Ieuan Evans writes.