New research shows that environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the processes used to manufacture them.

A Dutch researcher from AMC Medical Centre in Amsterdam has unravelled a genetic defence mechanism against the lethal bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei.

The use of an antimalarial medication may prevent the onset of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, new Geisinger research shows.

Researchers discover that swarms of bacteria, such as Myxococcus xanthus - a bacterium commonly found in soil - ripple purposefully toward their prey, devours it and moves on.

Popular media coverage of infectious diseases greatly influences how people perceive those diseases, making them seem more dangerous, according to a new study.

Research shows that grape intake lowered blood pressure and signs of heart muscle damage, and improved heart function in lab rats - tantalizing clues to the potential of grapes in reducing cardiovascular risk.

New research reveals that our bodies' ability to respond to an internal 'mayday' signal may hold the key to success for long-awaited regenerative medicine.

Tumours that grow around nerves in a rare genetic disease need cooperation from cells from the immune system in order to grow, reports a team of scientists.

The first family-based genome-wide association study in Alzheimer's disease has identified the sites of four novel genes that may significantly influence risk.

Researchers have proven that microsporidia are true fungi and that this species most likely undergoes a form of sexual reproduction during infection of humans and other host animals.

Scientists report that a hydrophilic peptide, similar in character to those found in calcifying organisms, significantly enhances the magnesium content of calcite.

Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung have achieved an important advance in better understanding metabolic pathways in bacteria and their use.

Scientists have identified unusual differences in the natural mechanisms that silences genes in corn, providing new insight into it protects itself from mutation-causing mobile DNA elements and viruses.

Giving children with milk allergies increasingly higher doses of milk over time may ease or overcome, their allergic reactions, according to the results of a recent study.

Influenza vaccination rates for adolescents who suffer from asthma and other illnesses are still far too low, according to a recent study.

The rapid spread of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen, over the past decade is likely to have long-lasting ecological consequences throughout the continent, according to a recent article.

Researchers have shown that adding sarcospan, an overlooked and undervalued protein, to muscle cells might ameliorate the most severe form of muscular dystrophy.

Nanoscale device may reveal spin-dependent fundamental forces and provide new methods of characterizing torque-generating molecules and DNA strands.

Bacteria can directly cause human blood and plasma to clot-a process that was previously thought to have been lost during the course of vertebrate evolution, according to new research.

Researchers have developed a genome-wide platform to study how specialized proteins regulate RNA in living, intact cells.