Understanding how cells establish spatial organization within tissues is a fundamental question in life sciences. While modern three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy captures large-volume tissue ar...

There’s a virus within a bacterium within a parasite, and University of Kentucky researchers are figuring out how to make them kill each other. Dr. Greg talks with a UK researcher who has been studyin...

The John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah has named Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision Research. In this leadership role, she will help guide the strategic direction of the Moran...

Early immune surveillance promotes effective antifungal defense. Here, the authors show that a secreted lectin, IML1, binds diverse fungal spores on the cuticle, but immunity is triggered only upon cl...

Here they provide evidence that RANK signaling contributes to specification of intestinal epithelial tuft and BEST4 cells, and that loss of RANK impairs the ability of the host to navigate infections ...

This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with Felix Gunawan, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-affiliate group leader at the University of Münster, about his personal and acad...

Crohn’s disease is associated with mutations in the innate immune receptor NOD2, but the mechanisms underlying NOD2 regulation of intestinal homeostasis remain unclear. This study shows that NOD2 inte...

Intestinal obstruction disrupts feeding and promotes sleep in freshly eclosed flies.

A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.

Microorganisms have tremendous potential to impact humanity, but such revelations are only possible in the light of foundational, discovery-based microbiology research.

In early 2025, the NIH unexpectedly terminated 2,291 active research grants, withdrawing $2.45 billion and disrupting thousands of projects. While ...

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Your organs are constantly talking to each other in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Tapping into these communication networks is opening up radical new ways to boost health