Team is learning more about how an ancient “error correction” system in the human genome helps protect the body against HIV

Researchers believe their acoustic tweezers have tremendous potential, especially in diagnostics, with some applications also in therapeutics

Finding could help inform the treatment of the roughly 10 million people worldwide who fall ill with tuberculosis each year

It sounds simple, but the concept is only recently gaining international acceptance. 

Gene that gives bacteria resistance to polymyxins discovered to be widespread in South China

Research could pave the way to potential new treatments

People who've recently stopped smoking are four times more likely to use e-cigarettes than current smokers

Researchers passed an electric current over a film of bacteria and in 24 hours killed almost all of a multi-drug resistant bacterium

A coating of zinc oxide nanopyramids can disrupt the growth of MRSA, researchers find

Use of low energy sweeteners (LES) in place of sugar, in children and adults, leads to reduced calorie intake and body weight – and possibly also when comparing LES beverages to water

Rice University lab employs clotting powers of viper-derived drug, even in presence of anti-coagulants

Goal is to build a scanner that images the entire human body simultaneously