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Researchers have explored a new way of administering medications that do not require injections, and instead could be as easy as swallowing a pill.

In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA.

Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents who live in low-income urban areas, a study has found.

High pathogenicity avian influenza has been shown to infect canids in new research from Hokkaido University.

A new study has suggested that changes in cognitive function before virus exposure can predict susceptibility to infection and immune performance.

New research has shown how small RNAs help Salmonella bacteria express virulence genes during infection.

Smart gadgets in the home might soon be able to tell you what’s wrong with you. But the technology is good news for a lot of other things too.

Researchers say microbes in the maternal gut share genes with the newborn's gut microbes during early life, which potentially contributes to immune and cognitive development.

According to a study, the reason some people fail to recover their sense of smell after COVID-19 is linked to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decline in the number of those cells.

According to research, a bacterium called Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114 prevents neurodegeneration in the C. elegans worm used to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).