In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean’s upper layer. Some ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

Scientists have discovered a remarkable new form of symbiosis — a bacterium that lives inside a single-celled organism (a ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

The human body is teeming with trillions of symbiotic microorganisms, profoundly impacting our well-being. Within the gut, ...

One of the technologies on offer is the 3D LiDAR (Light Imaging Detection and Ranging) camera, developed by the Space ...

For a seamless experience for patients, colonoscopic fecal microbiota transplantation allows for the restoration of gut ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental ...

A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire.

Plant symbiosis is the close and persistent co-existence of individuals of more than one species, at least one of which is a plant. In most cases both the plant and its symbiont derive an ...

According to WHO, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease ...

"Who are you?" This question, in its many variations, is almost inevitable in school applications, job interviews or introspective moments. We spend years, perhaps our entire lives, unraveling the ...