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Scientists hope that identifying an essential but formerly unknown stage in the fungal takeover of rice cells can accelerate the treatment or prevention of rice blast disease, which ruins up to 30% of global yields each year.

The FDA has approved the first vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), designed for use during pregnancy to protect infants from severe RSV-associated respiratory disease in their first six months of life.

The conspicuous symptoms of Parkinson’s disease all stem from the loss of neurons in a region of the brain that helps control movement. But many researchers believe that the neurodegenerative disorder may get started far away from the brain.

Some insects carry a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi that causes Chagas disease. Researchers are studying the signaling pathway that leads the parasite to transform and reproduce.

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine may not only reduce a person's risk of getting long-haul COVID, but also could mean fewer symptoms for people who develop the condition.

According to researchers, micro- and nanoplastics in agricultural soil could contribute to antibiotic resistant bacteria with a ready route into our food supply.

The squash bug carries a gut bacterium that is essential for the bug’s development into an adult. But when they hatch from their eggs, squash bug nymphs do not have the bacteria in their systems.

Researchers have identified a potential treatment target for Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric cancers by investigating epigenetic changes in the condition.

A new study explores the link between the dual nature of a small plasma protein: how it works to clear toxic debris from wounds and inflammation sites but also its role in forming fibrous deposits of the pathologic amyloid in vital organs.

Salk scientists pinpointed specific microbes and bile acids that become more prevalent in the guts of mice fed high-fat diets.