When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells to cause infection and illness. Reporting in Cell, researchers have now ...

A new way to map the spread and evolution of pathogens, and their responses to vaccines and antibiotics, will provide key insights to help predict and prevent future outbreaks. The approach combines a ...

Vector-borne diseases cause roughly 700,000 deaths worldwide every year. Vectors can carry different types of pathogens, including viruses and bacteria. Tropical and subtropical regions report large ...

A UCF research team has engineered tissue with human cells that mosquitoes love to bite and feed upon - with the goal of helping fight deadly diseases transmitted by the biting insects. A ...

We share the world with myriad creatures from microbes to plants, and it’s been said that we are all connected. In recent years, scientists have shown just how much of an impact microbes can have on ...

Wildlife trade, which concerns a quarter of all mammal species, increases the chances of pathogen transmission between animals and humans. As the exchange of animals might suggest, humans interact ...