In a 2014 Nature paper, Ralston described this awkward process — trogocytosis, or “cell nibbling.” It was a revelation at the ...

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New research shows that harmful E. coli bacteria in the gut can make the amoeba parasite Entamoeba histolytica more mobile ...

How immune cells eliminate bacteria is a fundamental question in biology and medicine, with implications for infectious ...

E. histolytica kills up to 100,000 people a year, but researchers now have a genetic battle plan to strike back ...

Of course, you might be concerned about bacteria and viruses that can make you sick. But rest assured, the vast majority of microorganisms in the environment are not harmful, and many are actually ...

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been ...

However scientists aren’t sure what causes the lingering symptoms of PTLDS once antibiotics have killed the living bacteria inside the body. In a previous study, microbiologist Brandon Jutras ...

In late April and early May 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would no longer require companies to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry ...

We thank the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2024FYA1509600, W.W.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 21925403, W.W.; Grant 22404075, R.-C.X.), the Natural ...