After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice, researchers have shown in a new study how activity of 'good' microbes in the gut is linked to ...

A new study on Lyme disease sheds light on the persistence of symptoms; another new study points to an antibiotic that may be ...

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is often used for pneumonia, and its effect on ...

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in areas where pheasants are released, new research shows.

OSU study links gut bacteria to autoimmune disease progression, focusing on T cell behavior in rheumatoid arthritis.

There, a harmless gut microbe called segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) causes these cells to change into the more ...

Researchers uncover why the body may keep reacting to a hidden threat even long after the bacteria are gone. As many as 20 ...

A University of Minnesota expert writes, "One exciting new project we are working on aims to bring detection tools to the ...

The research, published in the journal Gut, focused on Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium well known for causing gum ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the ...

Too easily overlooked are non-influenza, non-COVID viruses and bacteria that are burgeoning and spreading unchecked — both in ...