Insufficient cleaning could allow build-up of microbes on orthodontic retainers, researchers have found. Researchers looked at the types of microbes which live on retainers. This study found ...

Over the last three years, an ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has threatened poultry flocks in ...

Their specificity for the host is partly achieved by specific host adhesion mechanisms. As adhesins are required for the first step of colonization, they also constitute key virulence factors and have ...

in March a farm worker who reported no contact with sick or dead birds, but who was in contact with dairy cattle, began showing symptoms in the eye and samples were collected by the regional health ...

Phylogenies show how organisms are related to each other by placing them in an ordered map of them and their relatives. These can be done on a large scale, such as the tree of life, or on a smaller ...

WASHINGTON — On social media, there are many posts claiming that something called "pathogenic priming" is occurring in those who take the COVID-19 vaccine. According to these posts, this is when the ...

A team of University of Alabama at Birmingham and Polish researchers propose an answer — the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA “sponge.” This action modulates host microRNA levels in ways that aid ...

Become the infection: a lone parasite, fighting a biological war. Here's your look at gameplay from Pathogenic in this trailer for the upcoming 2D roguelike twin-stick shooter game. In Pathogenic, ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Synthetic biology, including DNA synthesis and gene editing, increases the number and the severity of threats from potential bioterrorists, according to a report ordered by the U.S. Department of ...