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Researchers have developed a shield of graphene that can help particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and free-floating antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants.

Preliminary data shows that immunotherapy doesn't necessarily worsen complications for patients with both COVID-19 and cancer.

A team of scientists at Oxford University has taken the next step towards the discovery of a safe, effective and accessible vaccine against coronavirus.

Processing vocal recordings of infected but asymptomatic people reveals potential indicators of COVID-19.

Positive results from a clinical double-blind placebo-controlled trial of SNG001 in hospitalized COVID-19 patients have been announced.

The DNA-cutting proteins central to CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene-editing tools originally came from bacteria, but a newfound variety of Cas proteins apparently evolved in viruses that infect bacteria.

New light has been shed on the motivations why people hunt, trade or consume different species, showing that more differentiated solutions are needed to prevent uncontrolled disease emergence and species decline.

Researchers have successfully created modified mRNAs that are capable of supporting protein synthesis at increased efficiency.

The first experimental investigation on the capacity of SARS-CoV-2 to infect and be transmitted by mosquitoes, confirms that SARS-CoV-2 cannot be transmitted to people by mosquitoes.

Widespread use of pesticides and other agrochemicals can speed the transmission of the debilitating disease schistosomiasis, while also upsetting the ecological balances in aquatic environments that prevent infections, finds a new study.