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Researchers have devised a method of targeting cancer with a vaccine that can eliminate and prevent the recurrence of tumors in mice.

Certain food proteins can cause white blood cells in the immune system, T-helper cells, to become dysfunctional, suppressing food intolerance.

A scientific breakthrough from the Tel Aviv and Haifa Universities may facilitate speedy, objective and accurate diagnosis of people suffering from PTSD, using saliva samples.

A new study has highlighted that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe for use in pregnancy.

According to research, a newly identified bacterial species, belonging to the Liberibacter family, is evolving its ability to infect insect hosts, and possibly plants too.

Fiddler crabs burrowing beneath arid mangrove forests help bring beneficial bacteria to an ecosystem in dire need of nutrients.

Excessive alcohol consumption can cause bacterial overgrowth in the gut, but mouse studies found this imbalance doesn’t appear to play a major role in alcoholic liver disease risk.

Gut cells can use a "sense of touch" to detect harmful bacteria and then initiate an immune response.

According to a study, peptides in legume plants collect all available heme, sending bacteria into iron-starvation mode to increase ammonia production, the form of nitrogen useful for plants.

A prototype at-home test for SARS-CoV-2 that requires a non-invasive saliva sample has been shown to be comparable to RT-PCR in terms of specificity and sensitivity.