How does your body produce millions of antibodies from one genome? New research reveals how two closely related proteins help ...

Discoveries may help to explain why some bacteria are hard to eliminate, and also point to potential future approaches to improving antibiotic effectiveness.

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 ...

The body's organs are in constant communication. Fat tissue tells the liver when to store or release energy, the immune ...

Cucumber peel color can decide whether a fruit looks fresh, desirable, and worth buying. In many markets, especially in ...

Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins, are specialized proteins that are generated by the immune system to identify and ...

Paneth cell metaplasia (PCM), long viewed as a consequence of chronic inflammation in ulcerative colitis, may also help ...

In autoimmune disorders, immune cells targeting "self" proteins are mistakenly activated, resulting in abnormal expansion and ...

Bacteria can pass proteins between themselves, which induces a dormant state that helps a small group of them survive ...

The mitochondria (center) is part of the cell machinery. (SciePro/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) To properly understand ...