The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

Now that the condition is known to spread sexually, there are steps you and your partner can take to prevent it. By Rachel E. Gross Just as couples adopt each other’s social circles, musical tastes ...

They are borne by ticks and can cause acute and chronic symptoms in joints, muscles and the nervous system -- the bacteria that cause Lyme borreliosis. Researchers have now succeeded in identifying ...

Tuberculosis is the world's leading infectious cause of death, killing more than one million people each year. When the antibiotic bedaquiline was introduced in 2012, it was the first new tuberculosis ...

The interaction of probiotic surface molecules with host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and associated co-receptors plays a key part in the observed health benefits of probiotic bacteria.