Respiratory infections are among the leading causes of illness and death in the elderly, driven by immune aging, chronic ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

Some pathogens hide inside human cells to enhance their survival. Researchers have uncovered a unique tactic certain bacteria use to spread in the body without being detected by the immune system. In ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant public health threat. According to the German Center for Infection Research, an estimated 4.95 million deaths worldwide in 2019 were directly or ...