Delivering drugs to specific, hard-to-reach areas in the human body remains a challenge in drug development. Typically, drug molecules administered via pills or injections circulate randomly through ...

Xinning Zhang and Ashley Maloney discovered that a geology technique shows promise in detecting cancer-like cells. If their preliminary results bear out, they may have identified a new signature for ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean’s upper layer. Some ...

Most major biological molecules, including all proteins, DNA and RNA, point in one direction or another. In other words, they ...

In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human intestines condensed into a small chip about half the size of a five-cent coin.

Using a new method to study how carbohydrates modify proteins, scientists have discovered that gut bacteria can alter molecular signatures in the brain.

Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast ...

Jumbo phages use a protein shield to protect their DNA from bacterial attacks. A special handshake controls which molecules enter.

Parasitic worms are difficult to kill with current therapies, but their commensal bacteria might be their Achilles’ heel.