Self-propulsion or slow diffusion: How bacteria, cells, and colloids respond to stimuli by International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA) edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' ...

A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps at the site of an injury or wound. In response, a white blood cell arrives ...

When bacteria are under antibiotic attack, it is not "every man for himself." Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues from collaborating institutions have discovered that bacterial ...

Colony expansion is important for establishing territories. It is unclear to what extent bacteria can maintain colony expansion under nutrient limitation. Here, we found that Escherichia coli biofilms ...

Roughly 15% of all cancers are attributable to infections, a percentage that soars in developing countries [1]. Among the pathogens recognized as having an etiologic role in cancer, viruses ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that bacteria can drive stem cell regeneration to repair the intestinal lining after injury—uncovering an unexpected way in which the gut ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of years later. Scientists have now discovered that a molecular system once ...

Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, a discovery that could lead to new strategies for fighting one of the world ...