"It has been a paradox that we repeatedly find the same bacterium in connection with colorectal cancer, while at the same time it is a completely normal part of the gut in healthy people," says ...

As vital as vaccines are, they can be frustratingly selective about their targets. Scientists from institutions across the US ...

Scientists found an unexpected viral hitchhiker lurking inside a common gut bacterium – and it was twice as prevalent in people with colorectal cancer.

Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part ...

Stanford researchers develop breakthrough nasal spray vaccine that could potentially protect against a variety of infections, ...

With resistance spreading and new antibiotics arriving slowly, targets highlighted by viruses could keep future infections treatable. Millions of virus genomes now sit in sequence databases, and many ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming harder to treat, pushing scientists to look for new antibiotic targets. Researchers have now discovered that several unrelated viruses disable a key bacterial ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, and multiple variants were threatening lives around the world, scientists relied on a process called "tiled amplicon sequencing" to track the virus's spread ...

Stanford Medicine researchers developed a nasal spray vaccine that protected mice against viruses, bacteria and allergens — a ...

Researchers at Vilnius University (Lithuania) have uncovered how the bacterial protein Cas9, better known as the CRISPR-Cas ...

Based on two test negative case control studies in immunocompromised adults, RSV vaccination was associated with a 70% reduction in RSV-associated hospitalization (95% CI: 66–73%). Indirect evidence ...