Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Yusuf Labaran, has raised concerns over the resurgence of leprosy in the ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have reported on the structure and light energy transfer efficiency of a protein ...

This study uncovers key morphological and ultrastructural similarities between cable bacteria genera. The periplasmic ...

Bacteria get up to all sorts of strange things. As a result, they’ve evolved to produce an extensive range of small molecules ...

Though they certainly didn’t catch leprosy in the UK, the Izzetts are still not sure exactly how they contracted the bacteria responsible for causing the disease. ‘I thought I’d be chased ...

Scientists have discovered a novel subset of cancer-fighting immune cells that reside outside of their normal neighborhood -- known as the tertiary lymphoid structure -- where they become ...

Scientists have developed Rhobo6, a light microscopy probe that reveals extracellular matrix structures in live tissues, ...

Certain bacteria found in people's mouths may be linked to changes in brain function as you age, experts have said. The study, external, led by the University of Exeter, found certain types of ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

Phage therapy uses bacteriophages to target bacteria and treat infections. In this Primer, Skurnik et al. discuss the practical aspects of phage therapy, from the microbiological methods used to ...