6/18: CBS Morning News A potentially deadly bacterial infection called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is spreading in Japan, prompting questions about what causes it and how to ...

In bacterial transcription, sigma factors trigger recognition of a specific promoter — or a region of genetic information right at the start of the DNA sequence that's needed to produce a ...

The findings of the study, which are published in Nature Communications, show that when bacterial cells encounter patterned grooves on a surface, they lose their ability to form biofilms. Biofilms ...

To examine the source of IL-10 within the tumor microenvironment (TME) after bacterial therapy, researchers found that tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) upregulate IL-10 expression following DB1 ...

The research, conducted by Andrew D. Farr, Christina Vasileiou, Peter A. Lind, and Paul B. Rainey, reveals that mutations in the promoter region of the rpoS gene occur at an astonishing rate ...