Using ribosome engineering (RE), researchers from Shinshu University introduced mutations affecting the protein synthesis ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines of attack is to cling tenaciously to the surfaces of targeted human cells.

Certain antibodies employ unusual tactics to keep germs from attaching to cells in our bodies. Their defensive strategies ...

Randomness inside cells can decide whether a cancer returns after chemotherapy or whether an infection survives antibiotics.

A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Inside every living cell, proteins and membranes are in constant motion, reshaping, colliding, and flexing as they keep an ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

Researchers released a consensus statement with recommendations to update T cell nomenclature and improve communication ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Why does cancer sometimes recur even after successful treatment, or why do some bacteria survive despite the use of powerful ...

The FDA approval of denileukin diftitox (Lymphir) marked a significant shift in this paradigm. As a first-in-class immunotoxin, it employs a dual-action mechanism: directly targeting interleukin-2 (IL ...