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A fast, needle-free malaria detection tool developed by a University of Queensland-led team could help save hundreds of thousands of lives annually.

New research has shown that gut repair is triggered by signals from gut microbes as well as progenitor immune cells.

The immune system of modern Papuans was likely shaped by genetic influences from an ancient human ancestor, suggests a new study published in PLOS Genetics.

Researchers show that low-fiber diets in nursing mice led to lasting changes in the gut microbiomes of their offspring, leading to low-grade gut inflammation and making them more prone to obesity.

To understand how bacteria were integrated into eukaryotic cells in the course of evolution and how they are controlled, a research team has examined the single-celled flagellate Angomonas deanei.

Research shows that bacteria known to cause oral infections may also be a contributory factor in patients developing potentially life-threatening abscesses on the brain.

Researchers published a paper showing that when first-year female STEM students are mentored by student peers, the positive ripple effect lasts throughout their undergraduate years and into their postgraduate lives, enhancing the mentee’s subjective experience as well as objective academic outcomes.

The investigational drug works in a different way from antibody-based drugs, which are becoming less effective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The Alongshan virus, discovered in China five years ago, has been found for the first time in Swiss ticks. It appears to be at least as widespread as the tickborne encephalitis virus and causes similar symptoms.

A vaccine that protects against an E. coli toxin could protect children from intestinal damage that contributes to some forms of malnutrition.