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E.coli exhibit a biochemical response to metal ions, which researchers have been able to detect and use to identify heavy metals in water.

A recent study in mice has suggested a daily dose of brewer’s yeast – a strain used to make the Brazilian spirit cachaça – may help to protect against airway inflammation observed in asthma.

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have generated the first induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from bats, gaining valuable insights into the close relationship between bats and viruses.

A new genomic study suggests that Indigenous populations in present-day Ecuador also adapted to the tuberculosis bacterium, thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.

People living in urban areas report significantly worse hay fever symptoms according to the first study to compare pollution levels with the severity and duration of real-time symptoms.

A California policy restricting antibiotic use in animals raised for food is associated with a reduction in one type of antibiotic-resistant infection in people in the state, according to a new study.

New research has shown that key immune cells don't work properly in premature babies, making them vulnerable to deadly infections.

The antibodies produced by the first COVID-19 vaccine have been shown to "mop up" the booster vaccine before it can stimulate the immune system in new research from Northwestern University.

According to research, vaccination against COVID-19 is associated with fewer heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular issues among people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2.

NIH researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.