The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies that recognize and bind to the cell surface of the pathogen, thus marking it as an intruder and triggering an immune response. For ...

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Pseudomonas bacteria can defend themselves against attacks from other bacteria, but this makes them more sensitive to antibiotics.

Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues-including in the nervous system-that typically do not result in disease. The microbes associated with these infections enter a latent stage ...

Another paper, published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, reviewed 17 trials ...

The goal of the proposal is to "streamline and future-proof" the IVDR, particularly to relieve the burden on small- and medium-sized enterprises.

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Parasitic plants are notorious agricultural pests that drain nutrients from crops and cause economic losses of more than USD ...

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections. A research team at the University of Zurich has now ...

By moving around, some cancer cells force attacking immune cells to just nibble at the edges rather than engulf them ...

Researchers at Texas Biologics at The University of Texas at Austin recently made a discovery that they believe could ...