Learn how one-celled organisms, or single-celled organisms, helped build complex life.

When you picture a single cell, you probably imagine something super tiny that you had to look at through a microscope. But, there are some huge exceptions to this rule. And we really do mean huge!

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

Metabolites in mouse and human breath correlate to gut-microbe populations and might be helpful in diagnosing disease.

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

Watch a white blood cell actively searching for bacteria or viruses under the microscope.

Normally, PTPN2 helps maintain gut health by controlling inflammation and supporting a balanced gut microbiome. However, some ...

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist ...