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While we continue to fight the pandemic of the present – COVID-19 – scientists are using modern technologies to uncover new findings about the pandemics of the past. A new study published in Nature outlines the use of ancient DNA analysis to uncover the history of the Black Death.

Scientists have shed new light on the hazards associated with harmful algal blooms including fouled drinking water.

An eight-year experiment has found that soil microbial biodiversity is negatively affected by the warming climate.

Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have analyzed gene expression data from more than 35,000 blood vessel cells from the lungs of mice and identified two subtypes.

Tel Aviv University researchers have published a new study in Nature outlining how a type of white blood cell can be engineered to secrete anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies.

Stress — including traumatic events, career stress and discrimination — may accelerate aging of the immune system by affecting the percentages of T cells. This could increase the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and infection.

A cocktail of four manufactured antibodies has been found to be effective at neutralizing a virus from the Henipavirus family, a group of pathogens considered to be a global biosecurity threat.

MIT researchers have now designed a sensor that can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia infections, which they hope will help doctors to choose the appropriate treatment.

Novel biotechnology platform-based techniques could be more quickly adapted to manufacture vaccines that are more robust, customizable and flexible than traditional approaches.

Scientists have discovered a complex network of connections between tissues that allows the liver to regulate body temperature.