16-03-10 As the deadly bat disease called white-nose syndrome continues to spread across North America, scientists are studying bats in China to understand how they are able to survive infections with the same fungus that has wiped out millions of North Amer...

16-01-15 New research to be published January 13 in the journal Scientific Reports shows that some bacterial cultures adopt an all-for-one/one-for-all strategy that would make a socialist proud in preparing for the possibility of an antibiotic onslaught. The...

15-06-08 From a single drop of blood, researchers can now simultaneously test for more than 1,000 different strains of viruses that currently or have previously infected a person. Using a new method known as VirScan, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hosp...

15-03-30 Honey bees use different sets of genes, regulated by two distinct mechanisms, to fight off viruses, bacteria and gut parasites, according to researchers at Penn State and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The findings may help scientists develop...

13-06-08 How do immune cells manage to sort through vast numbers of similar-looking proteins within the body to detect foreign invaders and fight infections? For immune cells, singling out foreign proteins is like looking for a needle in a haystack（干草堆）...

12-11-21 The UN's latest assessment of global cases of HIV/Aids shows there has been a further drop in new infections among children. 联合国基于全球艾滋病病例的最新评估显示，儿童患艾滋病的数量进一步降低。 There were 330,000 new infections in children last ye...

12-11-14 UC Irvine biologists have discovered that fats within cells store a class of proteins with potent antibacterial activity, revealing a previously unknown type of immune system response that targets and kills bacterial infections. Steven Gross, UCI pr...

12-08-08 A new disinfectant（消毒剂） , Akwaton, that works at extremely low concentrations could be used in healthcare settings to help control persistent hospital-acquired infections such as Clostridium difficile. The study is reported online in the Journa...

12-07-13 A clever new imaging technique discovered at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals a possible plan of attack for many bacterial diseases, such as cholera（霍乱） , lung infections in cystic fibrosis（包囊性纤维症） patients and even chroni...

12-06-28 Scientists have identified a new mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis（发病原理） . The results of the research project, partly funded by the Academy of Finland, have been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of th...