DIPHTHERIA is one of the best understood human bacterial diseases and its study has enriched bacteriology with several ideas of prime importance. The isolation of the bacillus by Loeffler (1884 ...

Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don't primarily affect the gastrointestinal ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that may lead to human-to ...

A recent paper published in Science magazine by researcher Blanca Barquera, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at ...

Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don’t primarily affect the gastrointestinal system. But how those bacteria affect the human immune system remains ...

The H5N1 Avian influenza is decimating bird populations around the world. More than 136 million birds have been affected in ...

How the microbes in the human gut play roles in health and disease will be explored in a talk Tuesday, Feb. 11, by Robert "Bob" Hettich, corporate fellow and leader of the Bioanalytical Mass ...

In his testimony this week, Kennedy claimed that infectious diseases receive far more federal funding than chronic diseases.

The historical record shows that the battle to prevent and find cures for infectious disease will lead to a lower incidence of chronic, disabling diseases. At the same time, efforts to find ...