Measuring the complex and clinically relevant mechanical fatigue behavior of biological cells in health and disease has challenged scientists for decades

A new report provides a “treasure map” to accelerate research in epigenetics and human disease

Most studies so far have focused on how the composition of the microbiome associates with health in general or various diseases

In recent years, the re-emergence of measles, mumps, polio, whooping cough, and other vaccine-preventable diseases has sparked a refocus on emergency preparedness

A detailed new model of a bacterial secretion system provides directions for developing precisely targeted antibiotics

A permanently high, easy-to-process supply of nutrients not only affects the human metabolism it feeds, but also the bacterial colonization of the intestine

Researchers are ranking pharmaceutical companies based on their drugs' impact on global health

The new system can efficiently erase long stretches of DNA from a targeted site in the human genome