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A new study has examined the influence of poorly understood proteins of the immune system, type 1 interferons, using an animal model.

Helping to promote the natural relationship between plants and bacteria could reduce reliance on environmentally damaging fertilisers, a study has found.

A study has revealed an antibiotic called arsinothricin – the only known natural arsenic-containing antibiotic – may inhibit the proliferation of malaria-causing parasites in human cells and prevent their transmission to mosquitoes.

New research suggests that the role of the "sheath" molecule myelin, which coats axonal projections extending from brain cells, may be more complex than first thought in multiple sclerosis.

In work appearing online June 29, researchers lay out a new way to identify diverse CRISPR RNA variants that can specifically home in on challenging areas of DNA to target for editing.

Scientists have successfully tested a novel way of boosting honey bees’ immune systems to help them fend off deadly viruses, which have contributed to the major losses of the critical pollinator globally.

A new study published in The Lancet has revealed the most extensive analysis to date on what led to the eventual heart failure in the world's first successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient.

Ticks can be attracted across air gaps several times larger than themselves by the static electricity that their hosts naturally accumulate.

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in predicting how to change the optimum temperature of an enzyme using large computer calculations. A cold-adapted enzyme from an Antarctic bacterium was used as a basis.

The gene, known as BTN3A3, which is commonly expressed in our airways, offers a key human defense against avian flu.