infection

Human liver cells follow their own circadian rhythms, which regulate drug metabolism and infection.

Josephine Thinwa shares her journey to becoming a physician scientist and how this led her to investigate the role of a neurologically important kinase in virus-induced autophagy.

A more realistic model of the mucus layer that lines the lungs and gut could provide important insights into the function of this critical defensive barrier.

A salivary protein in mosquitos can suppress host immune activity and aid viral transmission.

Researchers explored the effects of obesity on the lung microenvironment in ferrets, searching for new therapeutic targets to protect vulnerable populations.

Trypanosoma brucei infection induces fat breakdown, but this strategy benefits the host. 

Immune receptor repertoire profiling is an important analytic tool for disease research in many areas, including cancer, cell and organ transplantation, autoimmunity, and infectious disease. 

Finding an effective antibiotic against an infection can easily take 24 hours. Faster testing could save lives and help doctors avoid broad-spectrum antibiotics, which can foster resistance.

Researchers use blue light therapy to treat infected burn wounds.

Scientists studying pathogens such as Chlamydia, Legionella, and Listeria get a master class in how to control the internal workings of mammalian cells.

Various microbes, including several human pathogens, hijack the cell’s skeleton, membranes, and protein-making machinery to make themselves at home.

Mycobacterium leprae appeared to reprogram the animals’ livers to a state partially resembling early development, resulting in healthy organ growth.

An expert panel will discuss what researchers have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and what lessons remain for the future. 

When fused to RSV, influenza A virus is better able to escape antibodies that usually neutralize it, an in vitro study finds.

Low booster rates and immune-evading SARS-CoV-2 variants could spell bad news, experts say. 

Nearly 50 million birds have been culled amid efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus, which continues to ravage the Northern Hemisphere.

Maternal infection during pregnancy may be associated with autism, as previous studies have suggested—but perhaps not in a causal way.

The outbreak of the Sudan strain of ebolavirus, which includes eight other suspected cases, is the first to hit Uganda in more than a decade.

Scientists say they have finally figured out why some people with severe malaria end up with dangerous hypoglycemia, also reporting that the condition starves the parasite into changing tactics from virulence to transmission.